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Word: Crawl
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: of unknown origin; possibly related to Swedish kravla and Danish kravle
krɔːl
move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground
Short Definition:move on hands and knees
Examples:- they crawled from under the table
behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favour
Short Definition:behave obsequiously
Examples:- a reporter's job can involve crawling to objectionable people
be covered or crowded with (insects or people), to an extent that is objectionable
Short Definition:be unpleasantly full of
Examples:- the floor was dirty and crawling with bugs
(of a program) systematically visit (a number of web pages) in order to create an index of data
Short Definition:systematically visit web pages to create index of data
Examples:- its automated software robots crawl websites, grabbing copies of pages to index
Word: Crawl
Speech Type: Noun
krɔːl
an act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground
Short Definition:act of crawling
Examples:- they began the crawl back to their own lines
a swimming stroke involving alternate overarm movements and rapid kicks of the legs
Short Definition:swimming stroke
Examples:- she could do the crawl and so many other strokes
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