Definitions for crawls

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Spelling: [krawl]

IPA: /krɔl/

Crawls is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in crawls (aclrsw).

Definitions for crawls

noun

1. act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion.
2. a slow pace or rate of progress:
3. Swimming. a stroke in a prone position, characterized by alternate overarm movements combined with the flutter kick.
4. Television, Movies. titles that slowly move across a screen, providing information.
5. an enclosure in shallow water on the seacoast, as for confining fish, turtles, etc.:
6. act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion.
7. a slow pace or rate of progress:
8. Swimming. a stroke in a prone position, characterized by alternate overarm movements combined with the flutter kick.
9. Television, Movies. titles that slowly move across a screen, providing information.
10. an enclosure in shallow water on the seacoast, as for confining fish, turtles, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to visit or frequent a series of (especially bars):
2. Also, spider. Digital Technology. to retrieve (data) from a website using a computer program, as in order to index web pages for a search engine:
3. to visit or frequent a series of (especially bars):
4. Also, spider. Digital Technology. to retrieve (data) from a website using a computer program, as in order to index web pages for a search engine:

verb (used without object)

1. to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child.
2. (of plants or vines) to extend tendrils; creep.
3. to move or progress slowly or laboriously:
4. to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner:
5. to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things:
6. Ceramics. (of a glaze) to spread unevenly over the surface of a piece.
7. (of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface.
8. to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child.
9. (of plants or vines) to extend tendrils; creep.
10. to move or progress slowly or laboriously:
11. to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner:
12. to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things:
13. Ceramics. (of a glaze) to spread unevenly over the surface of a piece.
14. (of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface.

Origin of crawls

1150-1200; Middle English crawlen Old Norse krafla; compare Danish kravle “to crawl, creep”

Examples for crawls

“Now get on your knees and crawl,” he demanded with the slap of a leather horse crop against the palm of his hand.

We can only crawl along, having to walk and lead the horses, or at least drag them.

Klain is not the first to crawl out of the swamp of Biden World on to the larger stage.

I asked him to crawl aft, out of the water; which he did, lying down in the stern-sheets.

John Huston recalls in his autobiography, An Open Book, a time when he asked Mitchum to crawl across the grass on his elbows.

"And so belabored as to be scarce able to crawl along it," cried a third.

Injured men, shot from their saddles, were seeking to crawl out of the way.

He had the crawl of the reptile,—he had, also, its poison and its fangs.

Social media is heavily censored, with Instagram blocked and access to various websites operating at a crawl.

In the 20th century, we learned that we could crawl inside of a photograph and find ourselves.

In the 20th century, we learned that we could crawl inside of a photograph and find ourselves.

Injured men, shot from their saddles, were seeking to crawl out of the way.

I asked him to crawl aft, out of the water; which he did, lying down in the stern-sheets.

“Now get on your knees and crawl,” he demanded with the slap of a leather horse crop against the palm of his hand.

John Huston recalls in his autobiography, An Open Book, a time when he asked Mitchum to crawl across the grass on his elbows.

He had the crawl of the reptile,—he had, also, its poison and its fangs.

We can only crawl along, having to walk and lead the horses, or at least drag them.

Social media is heavily censored, with Instagram blocked and access to various websites operating at a crawl.

Klain is not the first to crawl out of the swamp of Biden World on to the larger stage.

"And so belabored as to be scarce able to crawl along it," cried a third.