a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
Used in a Sentence
crawl
How to use crawl in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for crawl.
Editorial note
First you crawl, then you walk, then you run.
Examples13
Definitions8
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of crawl gathered in one view.
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
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"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for crawl.
noun
a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
noun
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
noun
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"
verb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
See also: creep
verb
feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
verb
be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
verb
show submission or fear
verb
swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
Example sentences
First you crawl, then you walk, then you run.
All those blog posts we write were we crawl the web and do analysis based on the data?
He went over to the baby, and saw a cockroach crawl out of his diaper.
I believe that search engine bots crawl Hacker News hard enough that PG blocks most crawling by bots.
I'm sorry, but most employers don't have time to look you up on GitHub to crawl through all your commits.
That's an honest question, shlock like this just makes my skin crawl these days, but maybe I'm in the minority.
They ripped my car apart, threw my laptop on the ground, let the dog crawl all over my interior.
That takes precedence and is the reason why I believe PG blocks most bots: so that crawling doesn't overload the site.
"If you've identified a problem people actually have, they'll crawl over you to give you money.
In another study, mothers estimated how steep a slope their 11-month-olds could crawl down.
The espn app on there is fantastic, and just added the ability to watch two events in split screen, while watching a customized news/score crawl at the bottom of the screen.
In certain cases some bug would cause it to go on a memory eating rampage which would slow the machine to a crawl of swapping if I didn't react quickly enough to kill the process.
"Optimizing for 6 hours of sleep""every day, getting out of bed is one of the hardest things I do""Every night, when I crawl into bed, I’m exhausted by all I’ve done that day.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use crawl in a sentence?
First you crawl, then you walk, then you run.
What does crawl mean?
a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
What part of speech is crawl?
crawl is commonly used as noun, verb.