(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When you ~, you move forward on your hands and knees.
Don’t worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to ~ or walk...
I began to ~ on my hands and knees towards the door...
As he tried to ~ away, he was hit in the shoulder.
VERB: V, V prep/adv, V prep/adv
2.
When an insect ~s somewhere, it moves there quite slowly.
I watched the moth ~ up the outside of the lampshade.
VERB: V prep
3.
If someone or something ~s somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty.
I ~ed out of bed at nine-thirty...
Hairpin turns force the car to ~ at 10 miles an hour in some places.
VERB: V prep/adv, V
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Crawl is also a noun.
The traffic on the approach road slowed to a ~.
N-SING: a N
4.
If you say that a place is ~ing with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. (INFORMAL)
This place is ~ing with police.
VERB: only cont, V with n emphasis
5.
The ~ is a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm.
N-SING: the N
6.
If something makes your skin ~ or makes your flesh ~, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
I hated this man, his very touch made my skin ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
7.
see also kerb-~ing , pub ~