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Synonyms for crawl
krɔlcrawl
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Princeton's WordNet
crawlnoun
a very slow movement
"the traffic advanced at a crawl"
Synonyms:
crawling, front crawl, creep, creepingcrawl, front crawl, Australian crawlnoun
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Synonyms:
crawling, front crawl, creep, creepingcrawl, crawling, creep, creepingverb
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"
Synonyms:
creep, weirdo, weirdy, weirdie, front crawl, crawling, spook, creepingcrawl, creepverb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
Synonyms:
pussyfoot, creep, mouse, sneak, fawn, grovel, cower, cringecrawlverb
feel as if crawling with insects
"My skin crawled--I was terrified"
crawlverb
be full of
"The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb
show submission or fear
Synonyms:
cower, sneak, recoil, bootlick, fawn, quail, flinch, funk, grovel, huddle, cringe, wince, truckle, kowtow, kotow, pussyfoot, squinch, creep, mouse, suck up, toady, shrinkcrawlverb
swim by doing the crawl
"European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
crawlverb
Synonyms:
creep
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2382 | mouse | |
#8260 | funk | |
#10970 | ramp | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#14216 | crawl | |
#14228 | tracing | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#18621 | creep | |
#22481 | crawling | |
#22782 | quail | |
#26337 | creeping | |
#30821 | fawn | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#31924 | wince | |
#43010 | cringe | |
#49409 | huddle | |
#50705 | weirdo | |
#51312 | spook | |
#60090 | slither | |
#76457 | flinch | |
#102486 | cower | |
#116571 | grovel | |
#128894 | toady | |
#207328 | kowtow | |
#271278 | pussyfoot | |
#275633 | truckle |
How to use crawl in a sentence?
An eagle does not crawl because it was born to fly.
Year-over-year, it was a very small crawl, we're talking about tenths of a point a year.
Have you ever seen an inchworm crawl up a leaf or a twig, and then, clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something, to reach something That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have footing.
I wouldn't work at a scumbag place like this. Makes my skin crawl even being here.
One has to crawl like a caterpillar before flying like a butterfly.
Translations for crawl
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- دب, زحف, يزحفArabic
- iməkləməkAzerbaijani
- поўзаць, паўзціBelarusian
- пълзя, угоднича, гъмжа, лазя, влача, плувам кроул, пълзене, кроулBulgarian
- arrossegar-se, gatejarCatalan, Valencian
- plazit, léztCzech
- kravle, krybe, crawlDanish
- wimmeln, krabbeln, kriechen, kraulen, Schneckentempo, KraulGerman
- taEwe
- έρπω, κάνω κρόουλ, μπουσουλάω, κρόουλGreek
- rampiEsperanto
- rampar, gatear, estar cuajado, avanzar a paso de tortuga, arrastrar, estar de cuajado, arrastrarse, reptar, humillarse, humillarse ante, crol, estilo crol, crawlSpanish
- خزیدنPersian
- madella, saada, ryömiä, kontata, väre, läpi, vilistä, kylmä, kroolata, indeksoida, konttaus, ryömintä, matelu, krooliFinnish
- grulva, krovlFaroese
- avancer au pas, s'aplatir devant, grouiller de, grouiller, ramper, s'aplatir, avoir la chair de poule, faire le crawlFrench
- krûpeWestern Frisian
- èalaidh, snàigScottish Gaelic
- זחל, הזדחלHebrew
- घिसटनाHindi
- mászik, vánszorog, kúszik, hemzsegHungarian
- սողալArmenian
- skríða, skriðsundIcelandic
- nuotare a crawl, strisciare, brulicare, crawlItalian
- 這う, クロールJapanese
- ბობღვა, ცოცვა, ხოხვაGeorgian
- លូនKhmer
- 기어가다Korean
- rēpōLatin
- ຄານLao
- rāpotLatvian
- ползиMacedonian
- rangkak, gaya rangkakMalay
- တွားBurmese
- kruipenDutch
- krypeNorwegian
- pełzać, pełznąćPolish
- rastejar, engatinhar, crawlPortuguese
- târîRomanian
- ползти́, по́лзать, попо́лзать, уго́дничать, пресмыка́ться, кише́ть, [[мурашка, лебезии́ь, заи́скивать, поползти́, [[плыть]] [[кроль, ползание, крольRussian
- пузати, пузити, puzati, puziti, плазити, plazitiSerbo-Croatian
- plaziť, kraulSlovak
- plazitiSlovene
- krypa, kräla, crawlSwedish
- வலம்Tamil
- దేకు, పాకుTelugu
- хазиданTajik
- คลานThai
- emeklemekTurkish
- повзати, повзтиUkrainian
- bò, trườnVietnamese
- קריכןYiddish
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