Definitions
1.VerbTo creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground."Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench."
2.VerbTo move forward slowly, with frequent stops."The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass."
3.VerbTo act in a servile manner."Don’t come crawling to me with your useless apologies!"
4.VerbFollowed by with: see crawl with.
5.VerbTo feel a swarming sensation."The horrible sight made my skin crawl."
6.VerbTo swim using the crawl stroke."I think I’ll crawl the next hundred metres."
7.VerbTo move over (an area) on hands and knees."The baby crawled the entire second floor."
8.VerbTo move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops."They crawled the downtown bars."
9.VerbTo visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching."Yahoo Search has updated its Slurp Crawler to crawl websites faster and more efficiently."
10.NounThe act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
11.NounThe act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
12.NounA rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
13.NounA very slow pace."My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package."
14.NounA piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
15.NounA pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.