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

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