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crawling
crawl 1 C0730600 (krôl)intr.v. crawled, crawl·ing, crawls 1. To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep: The baby crawled across the floor.2. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops: We crawled along in traffic until we reached the highway.3. To proceed or act servilely: "She was going to come crawling back to me, eloquently detailing exactly how sorry she was" (Emily Griffin).4. To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things: The accident scene was crawling with police officers. My flesh crawled in horror.5. To swim the crawl.n.1. The action of moving slowly on the hands or knees or dragging the body along the ground.2. An extremely slow pace: Traffic was moving at a crawl.3. Sports A rapid swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.4. A set of letters or figures that move across, up, or down a movie or television screen, usually giving information, such as film credits or weather alerts. Also called crawler.5. A social activity that consists of going to a series of related establishments one after the other: a bar crawl; a museum crawl.
[Middle English craulen, from Old Norse krafla; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]
crawl′ing·ly adv.
crawl 2 C0730600 (krôl)n. Archaic A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles.
[Afrikaans kraal, enclosure for animals; see kraal.]crawling (ˈkrɔːlɪŋ) n (Building) a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridgingThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  crawling - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"creeping, crawl, creeplocomotion, travel - self-propelled movement |
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crawling[′krȯl·iŋ] (materials) Separation and contraction of the glaze on the surface of a ceramic object during drying or firing so that unglazed areas result. In a film of wet paint, redistribution of the paint so that it is no longer evenly spread, usually due to imperfect bonding of the paint with the surface. CrawlingIn painting, a defect that appears during the painting process, where the film breaks, separates, or raises, as a result of applying the paint over a slick or glossy surface.crawling1. A defect in porcelain enamel, appearing as agglomerates or irregularly shaped “islands.” 2. A parting and contraction of the glaze on the surface of ceramic ware during drying or firing, resulting in unglazed areas bordered by coalesced glaze.crawling
crawlingA slow and inefficient mode of movement, such as is seen in early childhood, in which the hands and knees are on the floor, and much of the effort of forward movement is generated by the flexion and extension of the shoulders and hips. crawling
Related to crawling: Web crawlingSynonyms for crawlingnoun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the bodySynonymsRelated Words |