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US/krɑːl/
UK/krɔːl/
to move on your hands and knees, or to move very slowly
In context
Their baby started to crawl when she was seven months old.
Traffic crawled along Nguyen Trai Street during rush hour.
An ant crawled across my laptop screen while I was working.
Words that go with crawl
verb + adverb
- crawl alongThe bus crawled along in the heavy rain.
- crawl outA small crab crawled out from under the rock.
verb + preposition
- crawl intoI just want to crawl into bed and sleep for twelve hours.
- crawl acrossThe soldiers had to crawl across the muddy field.
- crawling withThe kitchen was crawling with ants after the party.