Meaning & Definition of Crawl in English

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

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"

1. Move slowly

• In the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

• "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

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

5. Swim by doing the crawl

• "European children learn the breast stroke

• They often don't know how to crawl"