crawls

 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  crawl 
 
  1  of  5  senses  of  crawl 
 
  Sense  1 
  crawl,  creep 
  =>  ramp 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  crawl 
 
  1  of  5  senses  of  crawl 
 
  Sense  1 
  crawl,  creep 
  =>  ramp 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  crawl 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  crawl 
 
  5  senses  of  crawl 
 
  Sense  1 
  crawl,  creep 
  =>  travel,  go  move  locomote 
 
  Sense  2 
  crawl 
  =>  feel 
 
  Sense  3 
  crawl 
  =>  teem,  swarm 
 
  Sense  4 
  fawn,  crawl,  creep,  cringe,  cower,  grovel 
  =>  bend,  flex 
 
  Sense  5 
  crawl 
  =>  swim 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  crawl 
 
  crawl  used  as  a  verb  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  crawl 
 
  Sense  1 
  crawl,  creep 
  =>  travel,  go  move  locomote 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  crawl 
  =>  feel 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  crawl 
  =>  teem,  swarm 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  fawn,  crawl,  creep,  cringe,  cower,  grovel 
  =>  bend,  flex 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  5 
  crawl 
  =>  swim 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  crawls 
  crawlspace 
 
  Grep  of  noun  crawl 
  australian  crawl 
  crawl 
  crawl  space 
  crawler 
  crawling 
  crawlspace 
  front  crawl 
  pub  crawl 
  scrawl 
 
  Overview  of  noun  crawl 
 
  The  noun  crawl  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  crawl  --  (a  very  slow  movement;  "the  traffic  advanced  at  a  crawl") 
  2.  crawl,  front  crawl,  Australian  crawl  --  (a  swimming  stroke;  arms  are  moved  alternately  overhead  accompanied  by  a  flutter  kick) 
  3.  crawl,  crawling,  creep,  creeping  --  (a  slow  creeping  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") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  crawl 
 
  The  verb  crawl  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (32)  crawl,  creep  --  (move  slowly;  in  the  case  of  people  or  animals  with  the  body  near  the  ground;  "The  crocodile  was  crawling  along  the  riverbed") 
  2.  (1)  crawl  --  (feel  as  if  crawling  with  insects;  "My  skin  crawled--I  was  terrified") 
  3.  crawl  --  (be  crawling  with  "The  old  cheese  was  crawling  with  maggots") 
  4.  fawn,  crawl,  creep,  cringe,  cower,  grovel  --  (show  submission  or  fear) 
  5.  crawl  --  (swim  by  doing  the  crawl;  "European  children  learn  the  breast  stroke;  they  often  don't  know  how  to  crawl") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  crawl 
 
  The  noun  crawl  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  crawl  --  (a  very  slow  movement;  "the  traffic  advanced  at  a  crawl") 
  2.  crawl,  front  crawl,  Australian  crawl  --  (a  swimming  stroke;  arms  are  moved  alternately  overhead  accompanied  by  a  flutter  kick) 
  3.  crawl,  crawling,  creep,  creeping  --  (a  slow  creeping  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") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  crawl 
 
  The  verb  crawl  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (32)  crawl,  creep  --  (move  slowly;  in  the  case  of  people  or  animals  with  the  body  near  the  ground;  "The  crocodile  was  crawling  along  the  riverbed") 
  2.  (1)  crawl  --  (feel  as  if  crawling  with  insects;  "My  skin  crawled--I  was  terrified") 
  3.  crawl  --  (be  crawling  with  "The  old  cheese  was  crawling  with  maggots") 
  4.  fawn,  crawl,  creep,  cringe,  cower,  grovel  --  (show  submission  or  fear) 
  5.  crawl  --  (swim  by  doing  the  crawl;  "European  children  learn  the  breast  stroke;  they  often  don't  know  how  to  crawl") 

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