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| 1. | [ verb ] move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground | |
| Synonyms: | crawl | |
| Examples: | "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" |
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| Related terms: | travel ramp formicate crawl crawl earthworm | |
| 2. | [ verb ] to go stealthily or furtively | |
| Synonyms: | sneak pussyfoot steal mouse | |
| Examples: | : "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" |
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| Related terms: | walk slip_away slip_away stealth prowler | |
| 3. | [ verb ] grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example) | |
| Synonyms: | grow_over | |
| Examples: | "ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings" |
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| Related terms: | diffuse creeper | |
| 4. | [ noun ] someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | |
| Synonyms: | weirdie weirdy spook schmuck weirdo | |
| Related terms: | unpleasant_person sneak | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot | |
| Related terms: | pen | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a slow longitudinal movement or deformation | |
| Related terms: | change_of_location crawl | |
| 7. | [ verb ] show submission or fear | |
| Synonyms: | grovel cringe cower crawl fawn | |
| Related terms: | bend apple_polisher sycophant | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body) | |
| Synonyms: | crawling creeping crawl | |
| Examples: | "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage" "the traffic moved at a creep" |
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| Related terms: | locomotion crawl | |
| Similar spelling: |
creepy crepe crp crop Crepeau crap Crupi croup Cropp Cripe crave Crapo crape croupy croupe crappy crappie |
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