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Meaning of crawl

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crawl
      n 1: a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
      2: a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead
         accompanied by a flutter kick [syn: {crawl}, {front crawl},
         {Australian crawl}]
      3: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the
         body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage";
         "the traffic moved at a creep" [syn: {crawl}, {crawling},
         {creep}, {creeping}]
      v 1: move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body
           near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the
           riverbed" [syn: {crawl}, {creep}]
      2: feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was
         terrified"
      3: be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
      4: show submission or fear [syn: {fawn}, {crawl}, {creep},
         {cringe}, {cower}, {grovel}]
      5: swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast
         stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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