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How to pronounce crawl in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cower, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel
Type of flex, bend
Derivation crawler
Type Words
Synonyms crawling, creep, creeping
Type of locomotion, travel


a crawl was all that the injured man could manage.
Type Words
Synonyms australian crawl, front crawl
Type of swimming stroke
Type Words
Synonyms creep
Type of travel, go, locomote, move
Has types formicate
Derivation crawler, crawling


The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed.
Type Words
Type of motion, move, movement


the traffic advanced at a crawl.
Type Words
Type of pullulate, teem, swarm


The old cheese was crawling with maggots.
Type Words
Type of feel


My skin crawled--I was terrified.
Type Words
Type of swim


European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl.

Examples of crawl

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Just preparing for that had slowed federal business to a crawl in the last week.
From the washingtonpost.com
They then managed to scale or crawl beneath two other fences, Stubblefield said.
From the stltoday.com
Bechtold hit the dirt and stayed in a crawl position for the days that followed.
From the thenewstribune.com
Let us not raise out heads so high that evil can crawl out from under our noses.
From the online.wsj.com
After an exhilarating trip down the mountain, we were limited to a 60 mph crawl.
From the dailynews.com
Fire officials said the small, two-alarm blaze started in the attic crawl space.
From the post-gazette.com
Thousands of protesters slowed the torch relay to a crawl in the French capital.
From the fresnobee.com
The victim was able to crawl to a nearby gym in the village and called for help.
From the pe.com
I shined the light every direction to see where the best place to crawl out was.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • A very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
  • Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
  • A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
  • Feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
  • 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"
  • Be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
  • "Crawl" is the first (commercially available) single from New Zealand rock band Atlas released in 2007. It was featured on their debut album Reasons for Voyaging. It is one of the most successful New Zealand rock songs of the 21st century, staying atop the charts for seven weeks.
  • "Crawl" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown. It is the second single from his third studio album Graffiti, released as a digital download on November 24, 2009. The song was produced by The Messengers and was written by The Messengers, Luke Boyd, and Brown. ...
  • "Crawl" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon, and the second track of their 2008 album Only by the Night. It was the first track to be premiered from the album, with the band offering it as a free download on their website for a short period of time. ...