Thesaurus: crawl

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1. v. i. To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.
2. v. i. to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.
3. v. i. To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.
4. v. i. To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i., 7.
5. n. The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.
6. n. A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
7. n. a very slow movement
8. n. a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
9. n. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
10. v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
11. v. feel as if crawling with insects
12. v. be full of