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crawl
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 crawl
2 crawl
A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick.
synoniemen: Australian crawl, front crawl.
Pools: crawl, kraul
3 crawl
A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body:
— A crawl was all that the injured man could manage.
synoniemen: crawling, creep, creeping.
Pools: czołganie się, pełzanie, pełźnięcie
werkwoord
1 crawl
Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground:
— The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed.
synoniem: creep.
Roget 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
go back,
come back,
turn back,
hark back,
draw back,
fall back,
get back,
put back,
run back;
lose ground;
fall astern,
drop astern;
backwater,
put about;
backtrack,
take the back track;
veer round;
double,
wheel,
countermarch;
ebb,
regurgitate;
jib,
shrink,
shy.
turn tail,
turn round,
turn upon one's heel,
turn one's back upon;
retrace one's steps,
dance the back step;
sound a retreat,
beat a retreat;
go home.
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Nederlands: opschuiven, kruipen
2 crawl
Feel as if crawling with insects.
3 crawl
4 crawl
Show submission or fear.
synoniemen: cower, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel.
Roget 275:
move slowly
etc.
adv.;
creep,
crawl,
lag,
slug,
drawl,
linger,
loiter,
saunter;
plod,
trudge,
stump along,
lumber;
trail,
drag;
dawdle
etc.
(be inactive)
683;
grovel,
worm one's way,
steal along;
job on,
rub on,
bundle on;
toddle,
waddle,
wabble†,
slug,
traipse,
slouch,
shuffle,
halt,
hobble,
limp,
caludicate†,
shamble;
flag,
falter,
trotter,
stagger;
mince,
step short;
march in slow time,
march in funeral procession;
take one's time;
hang fire
etc.
(be late)
133.
retard,
relax;
slacken,
check,
moderate,
rein in,
curb;
reef;
strike sail,
shorten sail,
take in sail;
put on the drag,
apply the brake;
clip the wings;
reduce the speed;
slacken speed,
slacken one's pace;
lose ground.
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Roget 886:
cringe,
bow,
stoop,
kneel,
bend the knee;
fall on one's knees,
prostrate oneself;
worship
etc.
990.
sneak,
crawl,
crouch,
cower,
sponge,
truckle to,
grovel,
fawn,
lick the feet of,
kiss the hem of one's garment,
kiss one's ass [Vulg.],
suck up.
pay court to;
feed on,
fatten on,
dance attendance on,
pin oneself upon,
hang on the sleeve of,
avaler les couleuvres [Fr.],
keep time to,
fetch and carry,
do the dirty work of.
go with the stream,
worship the rising sun,
hold with the hare and run with the hounds.
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Nederlands: kruipen
5 crawl
Swim by doing the crawl.
Nederlands: crawlen
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