Meaning of "crawl" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRAWL

Probably from Old Norse krafla to creep; compare Swedish kravla, Middle Low German krabbelen to crawl, Old Norse krabbicrab1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CRAWL

crawl  [krɔːl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRAWL

Crawl is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb crawl in English.

WHAT DOES CRAWL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Crawl

Crawl or crawling may refer to: ▪ Crawling, any of several types of human quadrupedal gait ▪ Limbless locomotion, the movement of limbless animals over the ground ▪ Undulatory locomotion, a type of motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward ▪ Front crawl, a swimming stroke ▪ News crawl or news ticker, a moving line of text on screen during TV news programs or in other contexts ▪ Pub crawl, an evening devoted to drinking at a series of pubs ▪ Dungeon crawl, a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games ▪ Linley's Dungeon Crawl or Crawl, a 1997 roguelike computer game ▪ Web crawler, a software program to automatically download web pages ▪ Rock crawling, an off-road truck sport...

Definition of crawl in the English dictionary

The first definition of crawl in the dictionary is to move slowly, either by dragging the body along the ground or on the hands and knees. Other definition of crawl is to proceed or move along very slowly or laboriously. Crawl is also to act or behave in a servile manner; fawn; cringe.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CRAWL

PRESENT

Present

I crawl

you crawl

he/she/it crawls

we crawl

you crawl

they crawl

Present continuous

I am crawling

you are crawling

he/she/it is crawling

we are crawling

you are crawling

they are crawling

Present perfect

I have crawled

you have crawled

he/she/it has crawled

we have crawled

you have crawled

they have crawled

Present perfect continuous

I have been crawling

you have been crawling

he/she/it has been crawling

we have been crawling

you have been crawling

they have been crawling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I crawled

you crawled

he/she/it crawled

we crawled

you crawled

they crawled

Past continuous

I was crawling

you were crawling

he/she/it was crawling

we were crawling

you were crawling

they were crawling

Past perfect

I had crawled

you had crawled

he/she/it had crawled

we had crawled

you had crawled

they had crawled

Past perfect continuous

I had been crawling

you had been crawling

he/she/it had been crawling

we had been crawling

you had been crawling

they had been crawling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will crawl

you will crawl

he/she/it will crawl

we will crawl

you will crawl

they will crawl

Future continuous

I will be crawling

you will be crawling

he/she/it will be crawling

we will be crawling

you will be crawling

they will be crawling

Future perfect

I will have crawled

you will have crawled

he/she/it will have crawled

we will have crawled

you will have crawled

they will have crawled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been crawling

you will have been crawling

he/she/it will have been crawling

we will have been crawling

you will have been crawling

they will have been crawling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would crawl

you would crawl

he/she/it would crawl

we would crawl

you would crawl

they would crawl

Conditional continuous

I would be crawling

you would be crawling

he/she/it would be crawling

we would be crawling

you would be crawling

they would be crawling

Conditional perfect

I would have crawl

you would have crawl

he/she/it would have crawl

we would have crawl

you would have crawl

they would have crawl

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been crawling

you would have been crawling

he/she/it would have been crawling

we would have been crawling

you would have been crawling

they would have been crawling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you crawl
we let´s crawl
you crawl

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to crawl

Past participle

crawled

Present Participle

crawling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CRAWL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «crawl» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of crawl

brown-nose · creep · cringe · drag · grovel · inch · slither · wriggle · writhe

TRANSLATION OF CRAWL

Find out the translation of crawl to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of crawl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crawl» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 爬行
• Translator English - Spanish: gatear
• English: crawl
• Translator English - Hindi: क्रॉल
• Translator English - Arabic: يَزْحَفُ
• Translator English - Russian: ползать
• Translator English - Portuguese: engatinhar
• Translator English - Bengali: হামাগুড়ি
• Translator English - French: ramper
• Translator English - Malay: Merangkak
• Translator English - German: kriechen
• Translator English - Japanese: 這う
• Translator English - Korean: 기다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nyusup
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bò
• Translator English - Tamil: வலம்
• Translator English - Marathi: क्रॉल करा
• Translator English - Turkish: yavaş ilerleme
• Translator English - Italian: strisciare
• Translator English - Polish: pełzać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: повзти
• Translator English - Romanian: a se târî
• Translator English - Greek: σέρνομαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: crawl
• Translator English - Swedish: krypa
• Translator English - Norwegian: krype

10 QUOTES WITH «CRAWL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word crawl.

1

Tori Amos

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.

2

Maya Angelou

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

3

Carol Bartz

The fact that you can crawl the web is a commodity.

4

John Battelle

The 'old' Internet is shrinking and being replaced by walled gardens over which Google's crawlers can't climb. Sure, Google can crawl Facebook's 'public pages,' but those represent a tiny fraction of the 'pages' on Faceboo, and are not informed by the crucial signals of identity and relationship which give those pages meaning.

5

John Bercow

I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.

6

Jayson Blair

Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.

7

Charles Bradlaugh

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

8

Kelly Brook

It makes my skin crawl to think about the violent ways snakes, lizards, alligators and other exotic creatures are raised and killed for boots, bags and belts.

9

Bobbi Brown

My weekends start at about 4 P.M. on Friday afternoon, when I let go of work and leave my colleagues to crawl through the rest of the day in our New York offices.

10

Steve Burns

And I think that if I were a for real celebrity that was recognizable everywhere, I'd just crawl under a rock and you know, have someone run over the rock with a car, or something.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRAWL»

Discover the use of crawl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crawl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Crawl Low Under Smoke

Explains how to leave a building safely during a fire, emphasizing staying low to avoid smoke and using alternate ways out.

Lucia Raatma, 1999

Can Snakes Crawl Backward?: Questions and Answers About Reptiles

In titles that provide answers to hundreds of science-based questions about animals and the environment, this series includes easy-to-understand and ocassionally funny answers along with detailed full-page art.

Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger, 2002

Crawl, caterpillar, crawl!

CRAWL, CATERPILLAR, CRAWL SB

Steck-Vaughn Company, 1997

Creep! Crawl!

A wordless picture book shows animals quietly racing or inching their way through nature.

Kaaren Pixton, 2009

Crawl Space: A Novel

Escaping after being convicted for war crimes, including the deportation of thousands to face certain death, during World War II, Emile Poulquet, haunted by the ghosts of his past, is determined to come to terms with his dark legacy and ...

Edie Meidav, 2006

Slither and Crawl

The author describes and identifies venomous snakes and their harmless cousins, where to find a 200-pound lizard, and how to avoid becoming an alligator's lunch, in a text with fold-out pages.

Jim Arnosky, 2009

I Can't Walk But I Can Crawl: A Long Life with Cerebral Palsy

In this book, she recalls her early years, offering an insight into the life of someone who lives with a significant disability.

Joan Ross, 2005

Crawl, Fade to White

A mother's attempt to sell an expensive family lamp produces unexpected results.

Sheila Callaghan, 2009

Crawl Space Science: What to Have Done ... and Why

Remember it's not just the crawl space you are dehumidifying. Because air rises from the bottom to top of your home, the air that now rises will dry your house instead of wetting it. Another way to dry the air in your crawl space is to “condition ” it.

Lawrence Janesky, 2006

They Crawl!: Learning the CR Sound

Examines different things that crawl to teach the CR sound.

Susan Hogenkamp, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRAWL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crawl is used in the context of the following news items.

Toronto gets its first ever momo crawl

momo crawl toronto Toronto is set for its first momo crawl, as a group of Parkdale restaurants have banded together to show off this staple of ... «blogTO, Jul 15»

Beast Crawl is Back

Thanks to Corman-Roberts and his fellow organizers, all those tribes gather once a year to take part in Beast Crawl, a full day of free literary ... «East Bay Express, Jul 15»

Online walking tour and pub crawl of Harlem

NEW YORK (AP) — An online walking tour and a sightseeing pub crawl offer new ways to explore Harlem. The free walking tour was created ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»

Man pleads guilty to concealing death of infant found in crawl space

A member of the Michigan State Police walks under police tape outside a home on the 1000 block of E. Swain St. in White Cloud Wednesday, ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»

Frankfort police officers crawl through fecal matter to make arrest

After Mygrant refused to come out on his own, the officers entered the crawl space under the home in an effort to apprehend him. “They saw that ... «State-Journal.com, Jul 15»

Apple Watch sales slow to a crawl as hype fades

After an initial surge of buying, Apple Watch sales have seen a steep drop-off, according to data from Slice Intelligence, a Palo Alto, Calif. «Investor's Business Daily, Jul 15»

A Pub Crawl Round Clapham

It sounds like every pub in Clapham is brilliant. So, instead of organising a pub crawl around the top four, as we normally would, we're going to ... «Londonist, Jul 15»

Meet the 120-year-old restaurant that invented the hamburger …

The Restaurant Crawl: A (somewhat) regular roundup of (mostly) national restaurant news, links, video and more. Louis Lunch: Go inside the ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»

Flying local impact: Trains crawl into Churchgate as magnets are …

For Mumbaikars used to rushing into local trains as soon as they enter the platform, the wait proved agonising at Churchgate station yesterday. «Mid-Day, Jul 15»

Maggie's Culture Crawl: charity walk around west London's best …

On Friday September 18, cancer care charity Maggie's will be holding a 15-mile "Culture Crawl" across west London to raise money and ... «getwestlondon, Jul 15»