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crawling

n. 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"

front crawl, Australian crawl

n. a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

crawl

v. be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

crawl

v. feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

creep

v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

do the crawl

v. swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel

v. show submission or fear

abound, exist in large quantities, be abundant, be plentiful

v. be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

overflow, bubble over, spill over

v. overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

clamber, scramble, struggle, skin, shin, sputter, shinny

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

crawl, fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel

v. show submission or fear

drag, trail, drop behind, hang back, get behind

v. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

drag, scuff

v. walk without lifting the feet

edge, inch

v. advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"

slog, plod, footslog

v. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

yield, quail, give way, stop resisting, be overpowered by

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

kneel, be on one's knees

v. rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

flatter, blandish

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

coax, palaver, blarney, wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk, inveigle

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

fawn, truckle, kowtow, kotow, toady, bootlick, suck up

v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"

clamber, scramble, struggle, skin, shin, sputter, shinny

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

crawl, creep

v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

wince, flinch, quail, squinch, recoil, shrink, funk, cringe

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

grimace, make a face

v. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"

shudder, shiver, throb, thrill

v. tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

buzz, hum, seethe

v. be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity"

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