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crawl

Letters that make crawl

a, l, c, r, w are letters that make 'crawl'

Words within crawl

raw, craw, awl, RA, Ra, Cr are words within 'crawl'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of crawl

scrawl, crawls, crawly, scrawls are words created by adding a letter to 'crawl'

crawl is a 5 letter word starting with c
crawl is a 5 letter word ending with l

8 possible definitions for 'crawl'

Crawl as "a swimming stroke, arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick"

Under this definition, crawl is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

Australian crawl, front crawl have the same meaning as 'crawl'

crawl as a type

'crawl' can be a type of swimming stroke.

Parts of crawl

flutter kick is a part of crawl.

Derivatives of crawl

crawl is a derivative of crawl.

Crawl as "be full of"

Under this definition, crawl is a verb and has the following properties:

crawl as a type

'crawl' can be a type of pullulate, teem, swarm.

Example of crawl used within this context

"The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

Crawl as "feel as if crawling with insects"

Under this definition, crawl is a verb and has the following properties:

crawl as a type

'crawl' can be a type of feel.

Example of crawl used within this context

"My skin crawled--I was terrified"

Crawl as "show submission or fear"

Under this definition, crawl is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

cringe, cower, grovel, fawn, creep have the same meaning as 'crawl'

crawl as a type

'crawl' can be a type of bend, flex.

Derivatives of crawl

coward, apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler, sycophant, toady, ass-kisser, crawler, lackey are derivatives of 'crawl'.

Crawl as "swim by doing the crawl, they often don't know how to crawl""

Under this definition, crawl is a verb and has the following properties:

crawl as a type

'crawl' can be a type of swim.

crawl as a category

'crawl' can be a category of water sport, aquatics.

Derivatives of crawl

crawl, Australian crawl, front crawl are derivatives of 'crawl'.

Crawl as "move slowly, in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground"

Under this definition, crawl is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

creep has the same meaning as crawl

crawl as a type

'crawl' can be a type of locomote, go, move, travel.

Types of crawl

formicate is a type of crawl.

Derivatives of crawl

earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm, nightwalker, creeper, crawling, creep, creeping, crawl are derivatives of 'crawl'.

Example of crawl used within this context

"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

Crawl as "a very slow movement"

Under this definition, crawl is a noun and has the following properties:

crawl as a type

'crawl' can be a type of motion, move, movement.

Derivatives of crawl

creep, crawl are derivatives of 'crawl'.

Example of crawl used within this context

"the traffic advanced at a crawl"

Crawl as "a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body"

Under this definition, crawl is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

crawling, creep, creeping have the same meaning as 'crawl'

crawl as a type

'crawl' can be a type of locomotion, travel.

Derivatives of crawl

creep, crawl are derivatives of 'crawl'.

Example of crawl used within this context

"a crawl was all that the injured man could manage", "the traffic moved at a creep"