Definition of Crawl
Crawl
Craw·l


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(verb)
To move slowly and painfully, often on hands and knees.

e.g. The baby will crawl across the floor to reach the toy.

(verb)
to spread by extending stems or tendrils;

e.g. The milk will slowly crawl into the coffee when it's poured into the hot drink.

(verb)
to be alive or swarming with or as if with creeping things;

e.g. Spiders crawl about in the dark corners of the world.



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  • "If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." -- Martin Luther KingJr



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