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Meaning of Crawl | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
kɹɔːl

Definitions

  1. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
  2. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
  3. The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
  4. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
  5. A very slow pace.
    figuratively
  6. A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

Equivalents

العربية الزحف دب زحف
Azərbaycanca iməkləmək sürünmək
Беларуская паўзці
Български лазя пълзя
Bosanski krala kraul repo краул
Català gatejar
Čeština kraul lézt
Dansk kravle krybe
Deutsch krabbeln Kraul kraulen Kriechen Schneckentempo wimmeln
Ελληνικά έρπω μπουσουλάω
Esperanto rampi
Español archivar arrastrarse crol encarpetar estar cuajado estar de cuajado estilo crol gateado gateamiento gatear gateo humillarse humillarse ante indexar indizar ir a paso de tortuga paso de tortuga rampar reptación reptar
فارسی خزیدن
Suomi indeksoida kömpiä kontata konttaus könytä kroolata krooli madella matelu mateluvauhti ryömiä ryömintä vilistä
Français avancer au pas avoir la chair de poule crawl faire le crawl grouiller grouiller de ramper s'aplatir s'aplatir devant
Gaeilge lámhacán
Gàidhlig ealaidh snàig
עברית זחל
Hrvatski krala kraul repo краул
Magyar araszol hízeleg kúszik mászik nyál zsibbad
Հայերեն սողալ
Íslenska skriða skriðsund
Italiano brulicare crawl gattonare nuotare a crawl rastrellare strisciare
日本語 クロール 匐 扒 爬 躄 這 這う
ខ្មែរ លូន
한국어 기다 기어가다
Kurdî bo
Latina repo serpo
ລາວ ຄານ
Latviešu rāpot
Te Reo Māori toro
Македонски ползи
Монгол мөлхөх
Bahasa Melayu rangkak
မြန်မာဘာသာ တွား
Nederlands kruipen
Polski czołgać się kraul pełzać pełznąć raczkować
Português arrastar-se crawl crol engatinhar formigar lesmar rastejar rastejo reptar
Română craul
Русский заискивать кише́ть кроль лебезить мура́шки по те́лу плыть кро́лем ползание ползать ползти поползать поползти пресмыкаться угодничать
Slovenčina kraul
Српски krala kraul repo краул
Svenska crawl crawla kräla krypa
தமிழ் ஊர் தவழ்
తెలుగు పాకు
ไทย คลาน
Türkçe emeklemek
Українська плазувати повзати повзти́
Tiếng Việt bọ trườn

Examples

“My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.”
“22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

crawl control crawl space crawl-a-bottom crawl-in crawldad Crawled

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