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crawling definition
crawling |
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 crawling crawling Overview of noun crawling The noun crawling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. 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 adj crawling The adj crawling has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) crawling, creeping -- (moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously especially by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground; "a riverbank full of crawling crocodiles"; "a creeping tractor") 2. (1) bumper-to-bumper, crawling -- (used of traffic; "bumper-to-bumper traffic") Antonyms of adj crawling 2 senses of crawling Sense 1 crawling, creeping INDIRECT (VIA moving) -> nonmoving, unmoving Sense 2 bumper-to-bumper, crawling INDIRECT (VIA slow) -> fast Similarity of adj crawling 2 senses of crawling Sense 1 crawling, creeping => moving (vs. nonmoving) Sense 2 bumper-to-bumper, crawling => slow (vs. fast) Attributes of adj crawling Familiarity of adj crawling crawling used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj crawling crawling crawling with Overview of noun crawling The noun crawling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. 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 adj crawling The adj crawling has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) crawling, creeping -- (moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously especially by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground; "a riverbank full of crawling crocodiles"; "a creeping tractor") 2. (1) bumper-to-bumper, crawling -- (used of traffic; "bumper-to-bumper traffic")
crawling definition
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