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Crawl
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Crawl
/krɔːl/
To move slowly with the body close to the ground, often on hands and knees; or to progress sluggishly in a specified direction.
Synonyms:
creep
slither
writhe
scrabble
slink
Antonyms:
run
sprint
dash
fly
Examples:
Mandrake
crawled
back to Ripper.
And everything was
crawling
, stirring, rustling...
My skin
crawls
.
Etymology:
Derived from Middle English
crawlen
, from Old Norse
krafla
, which is related to
krapla
(to creep) possibly reflecting its Scandinavian origins.
Usage Statistics:
16 mentions per 1 million words
Moderate
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