crawl

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• Received-Pronunciation: krôl
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɹɔːl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /kɹoːl/
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• Northumbria: /kɹaːl/
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• Scotland: /kɾɔl/
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• Wales: /kɾɔːl/
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• krôl without the cot–caught merger
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• /kɹɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: kräl
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• cot-caught-merger: /kɹɑl/
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• US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: krôl
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /kɹoːl/
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• rhymes with -ɔːl
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• homophone: kraal
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• CMU ARPABET: K R AO1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English crawlen, crewlen, creulen, crallen, *cravelen, from Old Norse krafla (compare Danish kravle (“to crawl, creep”), Swedish kravla, kräla (“to creep, crawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *krablōną (compare Saterland Frisian krabbelje, Dutch krabbelen, German Low German krabbeln, German krabbeln), frequentative of *krabbōną (“to scratch, scrape”). Compare also Saterland Frisian krauelje (“to crawl, scuttle”), West Frisian kreauwelje (“to crawl”), Dutch krevelen, krieuwelen (“to crawl”), German Low German kribbeln, German kribbeln (“to creep, crawl, tingle”). See also crab, crabble.

Compare kraal.

267 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пълзене (pǎlzene) — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Finnish: konttaus — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Finnish: ryömintä — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Finnish: matelu — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Hebrew: זחילה (zkhila) — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Hebrew: הזדחלות (hizdakhlut) — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Hungarian: négykézláb mászás/mászkálás — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Irish: lámhacán — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Portuguese: rastejo — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Russian: по́лзание (pólzanije) — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Spanish: gateo — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Spanish: gateado — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Spanish: gateamiento — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Spanish: reptación — slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops
• Bulgarian: кро́ул (króul) — swimming stroke
• Catalan: crol — swimming stroke
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由泳 (zìyóuyǒng) — swimming stroke
• Danish: crawl — swimming stroke
• Faroese: krovl — swimming stroke
• Finnish: krooli — swimming stroke
• French: crawl — swimming stroke
• German: Kraul — swimming stroke
• Greek: κρόουλ (króoul) — swimming stroke
• Hungarian: ollózás — swimming stroke
• Hungarian: krallozás — swimming stroke
• Hungarian: kallózás — swimming stroke
• Icelandic: skriðsund — swimming stroke
• Italian: crawl — swimming stroke
• Japanese: クロール (kurōru) — swimming stroke
• Malay: gaya rangkak — swimming stroke
• Polish: kraul — swimming stroke
• Portuguese: crol — swimming stroke
• Portuguese: crawl — swimming stroke
• Romanian: craul — swimming stroke
• Russian: кроль (krolʹ) — swimming stroke
• Slovak: kraul — swimming stroke
• Spanish: crol — swimming stroke
• Spanish: estilo crol — swimming stroke
• Swedish: crawl — swimming stroke
• Zazaki: xolınce — swimming stroke
• German: Schneckentempo — a very slow pace
• Hungarian: araszolás — a very slow pace
• Hungarian: csigalépés — a very slow pace
• Hungarian: vánszorgás — a very slow pace
• Spanish: paso de tortuga — a very slow pace
• Arabic: زَحَفَ (zaḥafa) — to move along the ground
• Arabic: دَبَّ (dabba) — to move along the ground
• Arabic: حبى (ḥaba) — to move along the ground
• Armenian: սողալ (soġal) — to move along the ground
• Azerbaijani: iməkləmək — to move along the ground
• Azerbaijani: sürünmək — to move along the ground
• Belarusian: по́ўзаць (pówzacʹ) — to move along the ground
• Belarusian: паўзці́ (pawzcí) — to move along the ground
• Bulgarian: пълзя́ (pǎlzjá) — to move along the ground
• Bulgarian: ла́зя (lázja) — to move along the ground
• Burmese: တွား (twa:) — to move along the ground
• Catalan: arrossegar-se — to move along the ground
• Catalan: gatejar — to move along the ground
• Cebuano: kamang — to move along the ground
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎾᏏᏅᏍᏗ (adanasinvsdi) — to move along the ground
• Chinese: 趖 (zh-min-nan) — to move along the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 爬 (pá) — to move along the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 匍 (pú) — to move along the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 爬行 (páxíng) — to move along the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 匍匐 (púfú) — to move along the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛇行 (shéxíng) — to move along the ground
• Crimean Tatar: baqalamaq — to move along the ground
• Czech: plazit se — to move along the ground
• Czech: lézt — to move along the ground
• Danish: kravle — to move along the ground
• Danish: krybe — to move along the ground
• Dutch: kruipen — to move along the ground
• Esperanto: rampi — to move along the ground
• Ewe: ta — to move along the ground
• Faroese: grulva — to move along the ground
• Finnish: kontata — to move along the ground
• Finnish: ryömiä — to move along the ground
• Finnish: madella — to move along the ground
• Finnish: könytä — to move along the ground
• Finnish: kömpiä — to move along the ground
• French: ramper — to move along the ground
• West-Frisian: krûpe — to move along the ground
• Georgian: ბობღვა (bobɣva) — to move along the ground
• Georgian: ცოცვა (cocva) — to move along the ground
• Georgian: ხოხვა (xoxva) — to move along the ground
• German: kriechen — to move along the ground
• German: krabbeln — to move along the ground
• German: schnaagge — to move along the ground
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan) — to move along the ground
• Greek: έρπω (érpo) — to move along the ground
• Ancient Greek: ἕρπω (hérpō) — to move along the ground
• Haitian Creole: ranpe — to move along the ground
• Hebrew: זחל (zakhál) — to move along the ground
• Hindi: घिसटना (ghisaṭnā) — to move along the ground
• Hungarian: kúszik — to move along the ground
• Hungarian: mászik — to move along the ground
• Icelandic: skríða — to move along the ground
• Interlingua: reptar — to move along the ground
• Italian: strisciare — to move along the ground
• Italian: gattonare — to move along the ground
• Japanese: 這う (hau) — to move along the ground
• Khmer: លូន (luun) — to move along the ground
• Korean: 기어가다 (gieogada) — to move along the ground
• Korean: 기다 (gida) — to move along the ground
• Lao: ຄານ (khān) — to move along the ground
• Latgalian: ruopuot — to move along the ground
• Latin: rēpō — to move along the ground
• Latvian: rāpot — to move along the ground
• Lithuanian: ropoti — to move along the ground
• Macedonian: ползи (polzi) — to move along the ground
• Malay: rangkak — to move along the ground
• Manchu: ᠮᡳᠴᡠᠮᠪᡳ (micumbi) — to move along the ground
• Māori: toro — to move along the ground
• Mongolian: мөлхөх (mölxöx) — to move along the ground
• Nahuatl: coyonenemi — to move along the ground
• Norman: crépi — to move along the ground
• Norwegian: krype — to move along the ground
• Occitan: serpar — to move along the ground
• Occitan: reptar — to move along the ground
• Occitan: rebalar — to move along the ground
• Occitan: rampar — to move along the ground
• Northwestern Ojibwa: ondoode — to move along the ground
• Old English: crēopan — to move along the ground
• Old English: smūgan — to move along the ground
• Persian: خزیدن (xazidan) — to move along the ground
• Polish: czołgać się — to move along the ground
• Polish: pełzać — to move along the ground
• Polish: pełznąć — to move along the ground
• Polish: raczkować — to move along the ground
• Portuguese: engatinhar — to move along the ground
• Portuguese: rastejar — to move along the ground
• Portuguese: arrastar-se — to move along the ground
• Portuguese: reptar — to move along the ground
• Rarotongan: toro — to move along the ground
• Romanian: se târî — to move along the ground
• Russian: по́лзать (pólzatʹ) — to move along the ground
• Russian: попо́лзать (popólzatʹ) — to move along the ground
• Russian: ползти́ (polztí) — to move along the ground
• Russian: поползти́ (popolztí) — to move along the ground
• Scottish Gaelic: snàig — to move along the ground
• Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh — to move along the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: пузати — to move along the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: пузити — to move along the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: плазити — to move along the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: puzati — to move along the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: puziti — to move along the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: plaziti — to move along the ground
• Slovak: plaziť sa — to move along the ground
• Slovene: plaziti se — to move along the ground
• Lower Sorbian: lězć — to move along the ground
• Lower Sorbian: łazyś — to move along the ground
• Spanish: arrastrarse — to move along the ground
• Spanish: reptar — to move along the ground
• Spanish: rampar — to move along the ground
• Spanish: gatear — to move along the ground
• Swedish: krypa — to move along the ground
• Swedish: kräla — to move along the ground
• Tahitian: toro — to move along the ground
• Tajik: хазидан (xazidan) — to move along the ground
• Tamil: தவழ் (tavaḻ) — to move along the ground
• Telugu: పాకు (pāku) — to move along the ground
• Telugu: దేకు (dēku) — to move along the ground
• Thai: คลาน (klaan) — to move along the ground
• Turkish: emeklemek — to move along the ground
• Ukrainian: по́взати (póvzaty) — to move along the ground
• Ukrainian: повзти́ (povztý) — to move along the ground
• Unami: pëmùxkwsi — to move along the ground
• Vietnamese: bò — to move along the ground
• Vietnamese: trườn — to move along the ground
• Yao (Africa): kukwaŵa — to move along the ground
• Yiddish: קריכן (krikhn) — to move along the ground
• Yiddish: פּויזען (poyzen) — to move along the ground
• Zazaki: buli kerden — to move along the ground
• Azerbaijani: sürünmək — to move slowly
• Bulgarian: вла́ча се (vláča se) — to move slowly
• Czech: plazit se — to move slowly
• Czech: lézt — to move slowly
• Finnish: madella — to move slowly
• Finnish: ryömiä — to move slowly
• French: avancer au pas — to move slowly
• German: kriechen — to move slowly
• Hebrew: הזדחל (hizdakhél) — to move slowly
• Hungarian: vánszorog — to move slowly
• Hungarian: araszol — to move slowly
• Hungarian: vonszolja magát — to move slowly
• Latin: serpō — to move slowly
• Portuguese: lesmar — to move slowly
• Russian: ползти́ (polztí) — to move slowly
• Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh — to move slowly
• Lower Sorbian: lězć — to move slowly
• Lower Sorbian: łazyś — to move slowly
• Spanish: ir a paso de tortuga — to move slowly
• Tamil: ஊர் (ūr) — to move slowly
• Telugu: దేకు (dēku) — to move slowly
• Ukrainian: плести́ся (plestýsja) — to move slowly
• Ukrainian: чимчикува́т (čymčykuvát) — to move slowly
• Yiddish: קריכן (krikhn) — to move slowly
• Zazaki: bulinen — to move slowly
• Bulgarian: уго́днича (ugódniča) — to act in a servile manner
• Czech: plazit se — to act in a servile manner
• Finnish: kontata — to act in a servile manner
• Finnish: ryömiä — to act in a servile manner
• French: s'aplatir devant — to act in a servile manner
• French: s'aplatir — to act in a servile manner
• Hungarian: hízeleg — to act in a servile manner
• Hungarian: megalázkodik — to act in a servile manner
• Hungarian: nyal — to act in a servile manner
• Portuguese: rastejar — to act in a servile manner
• Russian: лебези́ть (lebezítʹ) — to act in a servile manner
• Russian: заи́скивать (zaískivatʹ) — to act in a servile manner
• Russian: уго́дничать (ugódničatʹ) — to act in a servile manner
• Russian: пресмыка́ться (presmykátʹsja) — to act in a servile manner
• Spanish: humillarse — to act in a servile manner
• Spanish: humillarse ante — to act in a servile manner
• Spanish: arrastrarse — to act in a servile manner
• Ukrainian: плазува́ти (plazuváty) — to act in a servile manner
• Ukrainian: по́взати (póvzaty) — to act in a servile manner
• Zazaki: buli kewten — to act in a servile manner
• Bulgarian: гъмжа (gǎmža) — to teem or swarm
• Finnish: vilistä — to teem or swarm
• French: grouiller de — to teem or swarm
• French: grouiller — to teem or swarm
• German: wimmeln — to teem or swarm
• Hungarian: hemzseg — to teem or swarm
• Italian: brulicare — to teem or swarm
• Russian: кише́ть (kišétʹ) — to teem or swarm
• Spanish: estar de cuajado — to teem or swarm
• Spanish: estar cuajado — to teem or swarm
• Tamil: ஊர் (ūr) — to teem or swarm
• Finnish: saada kylmiä väreitä — to feel swarming sensation
• French: avoir la chair de poule — to feel swarming sensation
• German: krabbeln — to feel swarming sensation
• Hungarian: bizsereg — to feel swarming sensation
• Hungarian: zsibbad — to feel swarming sensation
• Portuguese: formigar — to feel swarming sensation
• Russian: мура́шки по те́лу (muráški po télu) — to feel swarming sensation
• Tamil: ஊர் (ūr) — to feel swarming sensation
• Bulgarian: плу́вам кро́ул (plúvam króul) — to swim using crawl stroke
• Finnish: kroolata — to swim using crawl stroke
• French: faire le crawl — to swim using crawl stroke
• German: kraulen — to swim using crawl stroke
• Greek: κάνω κρόουλ (káno króoul) — to swim using crawl stroke
• Hungarian: ollózik — to swim using crawl stroke
• Hungarian: krallozik — to swim using crawl stroke
• Hungarian: kallózik — to swim using crawl stroke
• Italian: nuotare a crawl — to swim using crawl stroke
• Russian: плыть кро́лем (plytʹ królem) — to swim using crawl stroke
• Swedish: crawla — to swim using crawl stroke
• Bulgarian: пълзя́ (pǎlzjá) — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Finnish: kontata läpi — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Greek: μπουσουλάω (bousouláo) — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Hungarian: négykézláb mászkál — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Irish: bí ag lámhacán — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Polish: raczkować — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Polish: czworakować — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Portuguese: engatinhar — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Tamil: தவழ் (tavaḻ) — to move over an area on hands and knees
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓取 (zhuāqǔ) — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
• Chinese Mandarin: 爬取 (páqǔ) — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
• Chinese Mandarin: 爬 (pá) — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
• Finnish: indeksoida — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
• Italian: rastrellare — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
• Spanish: indexar — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
• Spanish: indizar — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
• Spanish: archivar — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
• Spanish: encarpetar — to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search