NOUN
  • Definition - The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
  • Definition - A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
  • Definition - A very slow pace.
  • Example - My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.
  • Definition - A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
  • Example - My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.
VERB
  • Definition - To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
  • Example - Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench.
  • Definition - To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
  • Example - The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.
  • Definition - To act in a servile manner.
  • Example - Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!
  • Definition - (with "with") See crawl with.
  • Example - Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!
  • Definition - To feel a swarming sensation.
  • Example - The horrible sight made my skin crawl.
  • Definition - To swim using the crawl stroke.
  • Example - I think I'll crawl the next hundred metres.
  • Definition - To move over an area on hands and knees.
  • Example - The baby crawled the entire second floor.
  • Definition - To visit while becoming inebriated.
  • Example - They crawled the downtown bars.
  • Definition - To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
  • Example - Yahoo Search has updated its Slurp Crawler to crawl web sites faster and more efficiently.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
crawl 10
4 Letter Words
claw 9 craw 9 carl 6
3 Letter Words
caw 8 awl 6 law 6 raw 6 war 6 arc 5 cal 5 car 5 lac 5 lar 3
2 Letter Words
aw 5 al 2 ar 2 la 2
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