nnoun.acta slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the bodySynset:crawl creep creeping
Examples:- a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
- the traffic moved at a creep
Derivationally Related Form:creepcrawl
Hypernyms:locomotion travel
Inherited Hypernyms:crawllocomotionmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motionmove slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the groundSynset:crawl creep
Examples:- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
Derivationally Related Form:creepercrawlercreepcrawlingcrawlcreeping
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:crawltravel
Direct Hyponyms:formicate
Full Troponyms:formicate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s PP | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: creep) | The streets --- with crowds (apply to: creep, crawl)
vverb.stativefeel as if crawling with insectsExamples:- My skin crawled--I was terrified
Hypernyms:feel
Inherited Hypernyms:crawlfeellookbe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.stativebe full ofExamples:- The old cheese was crawling with maggots
Hypernyms:pullulate swarm teem
Inherited Hypernyms:crawlteemhumbe
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motionshow submission or fearSynset:cower crawl creep cringe fawn grovel
Derivationally Related Form:grovelercowardcrawlergrovellerfawner
Hypernyms:bend flex
Inherited Hypernyms:fawnbendchange shapechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionswim by doing the crawl; they often don't know how to crawl"Topic:aquaticswater sport
Examples:- European children learn the breast stroke
Derivationally Related Form:crawl
Hypernyms:swim
Inherited Hypernyms:crawlswimtravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s