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crawling

crawling

1.0
A way of moving slowly on your hands and knees or by dragging your body along the ground
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɔːlɪŋ/
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  • In the obstacle course, participants had to start by crawling through a tunnel.

It's a snake's crawling is I think it's social with that.

Examples

  • After falling down, he began crawling on all fours to reach his mother.

  • The act of crawling allows babies to strengthen their muscles and coordination.

  • It's it does the sorts of things that a one year old might do crawling around the planet.

  • Crawling was little developed, and forms of bipedalism developed only very gradually.

    Academic text (1998)

  • So if you're a baby and you're crawling, the next phase of evolution is to stand, then to walk, then to run.

Synonyms

crawl
vscrawling
23 1.2

A slow movement made by moving on hands and knees or by dragging the body

is the general act or process of that slow movement
creep
vscrawling
12 5.3

A slow movement of the body, often on hands and knees

is the continuous action or process rather than a single movement
creeping
vscrawling
4.6

A slow movement on hands and knees or along the ground

is the act or process focusing on the motion itself

Antonyms

standing
162 1.0

The act of staying upright on your feet

running
1.0

Done while moving on foot to gain speed

How Fast

sprint
55 2.1
running
108 1.0
jogging
41 1.0
walking
337 1.0
crawling
1.0
creeping
4.6

Surface Forms

crawling singular
crawlings plural

Morphology

crawling = crawl (transparent) = crawl + ing

The noun is a straightforward -ing nominalization of the basic verb 'crawl', so learners who know 'crawl' can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Crawling comes from an old English verb meaning 'to creep' or move low along the ground, so it pictures someone moving slowly on hands and knees. That's why crawling means the act of moving slowly close to the ground.