vi to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.
2. crawl ·noun the act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.
3. crawl ·noun a pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
4. crawl ·vi to have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. ·see creep, ·vi, 7.
5. crawl ·vi to advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.
6. crawl ·vi to move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.