Толковый словарь английского языка - crawl
Crawl
crawl
I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse krafla Date: 14th century intransitive verb to move slowly in a prone position without or as if without the use of limbs , to move or progress slowly or laboriously , to advance by guile or servility , to spread by extending stems or tendrils , 5. to be alive or swarming with or as if with creeping things , to have the sensation of insects creeping over one , to fail to stay evenly spread, transitive verb to move upon in or as if in a creeping manner , to reprove harshly , II. noun Date: 1818 1. the act or action of ~ing, slow or laborious progress, a going from one pub to another, a fast swimming stroke executed in a prone position with alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick, lettering that moves vertically or horizontally across a television or motion-picture screen to give information (as performer credits or news bulletins)
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v. & n. --v.intr. 1 move slowly, esp. on hands and knees. 2 (of an insect, snake, etc.) move slowly with the body close to the ground etc. 3 walk or move slowly (the train crawled into the station). 4 (often foll. by to) colloq. behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of advantage. 5 (often foll. by with) be covered or filled with crawling or moving things, or with people etc. compared to this. 6 (esp. of the skin) feel a creepy sensation. 7 swim with a crawl stroke. --n. 1 an act of crawling. 2 a slow rate of movement. 3 a high-speed swimming stroke with alternate overarm movements and rapid straight-legged kicks. 4 a (usu. in comb.) colloq. a leisurely journey between places of interest (church-crawl). b = pub-crawl. Derivatives crawlingly adv. crawly adj. (in senses 5, 6 of v.). Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.: cf. Sw. kravla, Da. kravle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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