OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18095

crawl

/kɹɔːl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gateado • gateamiento • gateo • reptación
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
crol • estilo crol
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
paso de tortuga
A very slow pace.
My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 18094

crawl

/kɹɔːl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arrastrarse • gatear • ir a paso de tortuga • rampar • reptar
To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
'Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,' he said. 'The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if s…
Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench.
arrastrarse • humillarse • humillarse ante
To act in a servile manner.
Don’t come crawling to me with your useless apologies!
Our hard-ruled king. Again, there is sprung up. An heretic, an arch one, Cranmer; one. Hath crawled into the favour of the king
estar cuajado • estar de cuajado
To feel a swarming sensation.
The horrible sight made my skin crawl.
archivar • encarpetar • indexar • indizar
To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
Yahoo Search has updated its Slurp Crawler to crawl websites faster and more efficiently.