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crawling - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'crawling' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crawling [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Crawl

Meaning of 'crawling' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crawling [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
Example in sentence:
  • a crawl was all that the injured man could manage;
  • the traffic moved at a creep

Nearby Words:

crab crab tree crab-yaws crabbed crabber crabbing crabbish crabby crabeater craber

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