noun
Meaning 1
The motion of something that crawls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crawling
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈkɹɑlɪŋ/
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Northumbria: /ˈkɹaːlɪn/
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rhymes with -ɔːlɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: K R AO1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of crawl
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
- the traffic moved at a creep
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crawl, creep, creeping
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: locomotion, travel
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: rampado — motion of a thing that crawls
Real reading context