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Meanings of crawl in English

Portuguese
rastejamento
Catalan
arrossegada
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A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.

        rastejamento
        Portuguese
        australian crawl
        Catalan
        crol

        A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick.

              australian crawl
              Portuguese
              andar em camera lenta
              Catalan
              reptar

              Show submission or fear.

                    andar em camera lenta
                    Usage of crawl in English
                    1
                    Detta changed course and began to crawl toward the gunslinger's inert body.
                    The drawing of the three
                    2
                    Small boys will crawl in under the canvas in spite of clubs.
                    Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater; Or, The Most Dangerous Performanc...
                    3
                    The scoring rate had slowed to a crawl, and that's the result.
                    The Guardian
                    4
                    They have to crawl like animals, feeling their way through the mud.
                    Night of knives
                    5
                    The Chief Ranger did not pause in his crawl to the left.
                    Voodoo Planet
                    6
                    Most likely he didn't expect anyone to crawl in from this side.
                    Metro 2033
                    7
                    When I stoop, stoop; when I crawl, crawl; when I run, run.
                    Barlasch of the Guard
                    8
                    Remember when I said that a malk's voice made my skin crawl?
                    Cold Days
                    9
                    They simply remove all their clothes and crawl in between the deerskins.
                    The North Pole / Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the...
                    10
                    We both knew another job wasn't going to crawl into my hand.
                    The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
                    11
                    I raised myself slightly and started to crawl along the gallery floor.
                    Woken furies
                    12
                    I have a moment of deep species memory, regressing to a crawl.
                    The Guardian
                    13
                    I can crawl under the pier and get up on the cross-bars.
                    The Web of Life
                    14
                    The army record for a fifty-yard low crawl was about twenty seconds.
                    Nothing to lose
                    15
                    Me crawl up among de trees and see eberyting; no fear whatsomeber.
                    The Queen's Cup
                    16
                    Don't think I could crawl away far, even if I was free.'
                    The two towers
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                    Crawl through the time
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                    United States of America
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                    United Kingdom
                    Common
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