Crawl
(verb)
- To move on hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground.
- To move slowly or with difficulty.
- To move in a low or prostrate position.
Origin:
From middle english crawlen, from old english crawlan ("to crawl, creep"), from proto-germanic *krallijanÄ… ("to crawl"), from proto-indo-european *ger- ("to drag, scratch, scrap.e")
Examples:
- The baby crawled across the floor.
- The snake was crawling in the grass.
- The injured animal crawled to safety.
- She had to crawl under the fence.
- He crawled through the narrow tunnel.