Tra từ crawl - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a very slow movement (Freq. 1)
- the traffic advanced at a crawl
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move
2. a swimming stroke;
arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
• Syn:
front crawl, Australian crawl
• Hypernyms:
swimming stroke
• Part Meronyms:
flutter kick
3. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
- a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
- the traffic moved at a creep
• Syn:
crawling, creep, creeping
• Derivationally related forms:
creep (for: creeping), creep (for: creep), crawl (for: crawling)
• Hypernyms:
locomotion, travel

II - verb

1. move slowly;
in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground (Freq. 32)
- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
• Syn:
creep
• Derivationally related forms:
creep (for: creep), creeper (for: creep), creeping (for: creep), crawler, crawling
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
formicate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The streets crawl with crowds
- The streets crawl with crowds
2. feel as if crawling with insects (Freq. 1)
- My skin crawled--I was terrified
• Hypernyms:
feel
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. be full of
- The old cheese was crawling with maggots
• Hypernyms:
teem, pullulate, swarm
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
4. show submission or fear
• Syn:
fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
• Derivationally related forms:
groveler (for: grovel), groveller (for: grovel), coward (for: cower), crawler, fawner (for: fawn)
• Hypernyms:
bend, flex
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
5. swim by doing the crawl
- European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl
• Topics:
water sport, aquatics
• Hypernyms:
swim
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s