crawl

Everyday

1. To crawl is to move on your hands and knees, as babies do. tree →
2. To crawl is how insects, worms and snakes move along the ground slowly. tree →
3. To crawl means to go very slowly, like traffic in a jam. tree →
4. To be crawling with something means to be full of crawling creatures or people. tree →
5. The crawl, or front crawl, is a fast swimming stroke with arms going over the head one at a time. tree →

In the lessons

In fire safety lessons: if there is smoke, get down low and crawl to the exit, because smoke rises and the cleaner air is near the floor. In science, many minibeasts crawl. In swimming lessons, front crawl (freestyle) is the first stroke many children learn. In stories, «time crawled» means time seemed to pass very slowly. Phrases: «crawl along», «crawl under», «front crawl», «crawling with ants», «at a crawl».

Examples

• The baby is learning to crawl. tree →
• If there's smoke, crawl low under it to get out. tree →
• A caterpillar crawled across the leaf. tree →
• Traffic crawled along the motorway. tree →
• The kitchen was crawling with ants. tree →
• I can swim fifty metres of front crawl. tree →
• We crawled through the tunnel in the playground. tree →
• The last lesson before the holidays crawled by. tree →
• The place is crawling with them,” said he. tree →

Note

Regular verb: crawled. Do not confuse with «creep» (move slowly and quietly) or «claw». «Front crawl» in the UK and Australia is often called «freestyle» in the USA.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it describes snakes and creatures that move on the ground. Tradition counts many crawling things as not kosher. In the primary lessons: In fire safety lessons: if there is smoke, get down low and crawl to the exit, because smoke rises and the cleaner air is near the floor. In science, many minibeasts crawl. In swimming lessons, front crawl (freestyle) is the first stroke many children learn. In stories, «time crawled» means time seemed to pass very slowly. Phrases: «crawl along», «crawl under», «front crawl», «crawling with ants», «at a crawl».

Examples

• The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust. (Torah DEU.32.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto the LORD our God, and shall be afraid because of Thee. (Prophets MIC.7.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb: crawled. Do not confuse with «creep» (move slowly and quietly) or «claw». «Front crawl» in the UK and Australia is often called «freestyle» in the USA.