crawl

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep.
2. v. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops: We crawled along until we reached the open road.
3. v. To proceed or act servilely.
4. v. To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things: The accident scene was crawling with police officers. My flesh crawled in horror. See Synonyms at teem¹.
5. v. To swim the crawl.
6. n. The action of moving slowly on the hands or knees or dragging the body along the ground.
7. n. An extremely slow pace: Traffic was moving at a crawl.
8. n. Sports A rapid swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.
9. n. A set of letters or figures that move across, up, or down a movie or television screen, usually giving information, such as film credits or weather alerts.
10. n. A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To move slowly by thrusting or drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; creep.
2. To move or walk feebly, slowly, laboriously, or timorously.
3. To advance slowly and secretly or cunningly; hence, to insinuate one's self; gain favor by obsequious conduct.
4. To have a sensation like that produced by a worm crawling upon the body: as, the flesh crawls.
5. n. The act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion: as, his walk is almost a crawl.
6. n. A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the sea-coast, for containing fish or turtles.

Wiktionary

1. v. intransitive To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
2. v. intransitive To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
3. v. intransitive To act in a servile manner.
4. v. intransitive, with "with" See crawl with.
5. v. intransitive To feel a swarming sensation.
6. v. intransitive To swim using the crawl stroke.
7. v. transitive To move over an area on hands and knees.
8. v. intransitive To visit while becoming inebriated.
9. v. transitive To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
10. n. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops
11. n. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick
12. n. television, film A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
13. n. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.
2. v. to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.
3. v. To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.
4. v. To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body. See Creep, v. i., 7.
5. n. The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.
6. n. A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. swim by doing the crawl
2. n. a very slow movement
3. v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
4. n. a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
5. v. show submission or fear
6. n. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
7. v. be full of
8. v. feel as if crawling with insects