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The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
A very slow pace.
"My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package."
A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
"Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench."
To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
"The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass."
To act in a servile manner.
"Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!"
(with "with") See crawl with.
How to use "CRAWL" in a sentence
"My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package."
A very slow pace.…
"Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench."
To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the g…
"The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass."
To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.…
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