crawling (verb)
1Verb framing — In linguistics, verb framing and satellite framing are typological descriptions of how verb phrases in different languages describe the manner of motion and the path of motion.Manner of motion refers to a type of distinct motion described by a… …
2crawling — /ˈkrɔlɪŋ/ (say krawling) verb 1. present participle of crawl1. –noun 2. obsequious behaviour, usually directed towards obtaining something. –adjective 3. obsequious. –crawlingly, adverb …
3crawl — verb 1》 move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground. ↘(of an insect or small animal) move slowly along a surface. ↘move at an unusually slow pace. 2》 informal behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly. 3》… …
4pub-crawl — verb go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk he pub crawled around Birmingham • Syn: ↑bar hop • Hypernyms: ↑drink, ↑booze, ↑fuddle • Verb Frames …
5crawl — verb 1) they crawled under the table Syn: creep, worm one s way, go on all fours, go on hands and knees, wriggle, slither, squirm, scrabble 2) informal I m not going to go crawling to him Syn: grovel to, ingrati …
6hirple — verb /ˈhəːpəl/ to walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling. Get you on that bicycle and hurry on, and Ill hirple after you the best I can …
7crawl with — verb To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes. The kitchen was crawling with cockroaches. Syn: teem with …
8creep — verb (past and past participle crept krɛpt) 1》 move slowly and carefully, especially in order to avoid being heard or noticed. ↘move or progress very slowly and steadily. ↘(of a plant) grow along the ground or other surface by extending… …
9abound — verb 1) cafés and bars abound in the narrow streets Syn: be plentiful, be abundant, be numerous, proliferate, superabound, be thick on the ground; informal grow on trees 2) the stream abounds with trout and eels Syn: be full of, overflow with,… …
10teem — verb the pond once teemed with fish Syn: be full of, be filled with, be alive with, be brimming with, abound in, be swarming with, be aswarm with; be packed with, be crawling with, be overrun by, bristle with, seethe with, be thick with; be jam… …
