· a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

Hypernym(s): motion, movement, move

· a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

Synonym(s): front_crawl, Australian_crawl

Hypernym(s): swimming_stroke

· 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"

Synonym(s): crawling, creep, creeping

Hypernym(s): locomotion, travel

· move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

Synonym(s): creep

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

· feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

Hypernym(s): feel

· be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

Hypernym(s): teem, pullulate, swarm

· show submission or fear

Synonym(s): fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel

Hypernym(s): bend, flex

· swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

Hypernym(s): swim