crawl

(noun) a very slow movement. Example: "The traffic advanced at a crawl."

(noun) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick. Synonyms: front crawl, Australian crawl.

(noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. Synonyms: crawling, creep, creeping. Examples: "A crawl was all that the injured man could manage." "The traffic moved at a creep."

(verb) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground. Synonyms: creep. Example: "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed."

(verb) feel as if crawling with insects. Example: "My skin crawled--i was terrified."

(verb) be full of. Example: "The old cheese was crawling with maggots."

(verb) show submission or fear. Synonyms: fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel.

(verb) swim by doing the crawl. Example: "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl."