Synonyms for crawl
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : krawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : krɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for crawl Other synonyms for the word crawl
Définition of crawl
Origin :- c.1200, creulen, from a Scandinavian source, perhaps Old Norse krafla "to claw (one's way)," from the same root as crab (n.1). If there was an Old English *craflian, it has not been recorded. Related: Crawled; crawling.
- verb move very slowly
- verb humble oneself
- We can only crawl along, having to walk and lead the horses, or at least drag them.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- "And so belabored as to be scarce able to crawl along it," cried a third.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- I asked him to crawl aft, out of the water; which he did, lying down in the stern-sheets.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Injured men, shot from their saddles, were seeking to crawl out of the way.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- He had the crawl of the reptile,—he had, also, its poison and its fangs.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It tried hard to crawl into its lair, or slip into the lake.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- B'ys, I'd be proud to see any wan of you crawl on your knees to sarve the Gineral.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- I crawl in between the chairs and the wall and get under that piece of tarpaulin.
- Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
- Never, in that period, did any of them crawl toward the dark corners of the back-wall.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- So saying Essper made a desperate effort to crawl up the hold.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
Antonyms for crawl
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