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crawling

Verb

Noun

crawl

Verb

∙ To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. intransitive
∙ To move forward slowly, with frequent stops. intransitive
∙ To act in a servile manner. intransitive
∙ See crawl with. intransitive, with "with"
∙ To feel a swarming sensation. intransitive
∙ To swim using the crawl stroke. intransitive
∙ To move over an area on hands and knees. transitive
∙ To visit while becoming inebriated. intransitive
∙ To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching. transitive

Noun

∙ 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. figuratively
∙ A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image. television, film

Noun

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