crawling

We have found lemma(root) word of crawling : crawl.

Definitions


[krɔːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground
(e.g: they crawled from under the table)

- behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favour
(e.g: a reporter's job can involve crawling to objectionable people)

- be covered or crowded with (insects or people), to an extent that is objectionable
(e.g: the floor was dirty and crawling with bugs)

- (of a program) systematically visit (a number of web pages) in order to create an index of data
(e.g: its automated software robots crawl websites, grabbing copies of pages to index)


Phrases:
- make someone's skin crawl

Origin:
Middle English: of unknown origin; possibly related to Swedish kravla and Danish kravle


[krɔːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground
(e.g: they began the crawl back to their own lines)

- a swimming stroke involving alternate overarm movements and rapid kicks of the legs
(e.g: she could do the crawl and so many other strokes)


Phrases:
- make someone's skin crawl

Origin:
Middle English: of unknown origin; possibly related to Swedish kravla and Danish kravle




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