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verbshow submission or fear
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nouna slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the bodytype of:
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nouna swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
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verbmove slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
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nouna very slow movement
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verbbe full of
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verbfeel as if crawling with insectstype of:
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verbswim by doing the crawltype of:
Examples of crawl
- "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"
- "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
- "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
- "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
- "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
- "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"