crawl

US /krɑːl/
UK /krɑːl/
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to move on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground

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The baby learned to crawl before walking.
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We had to crawl through a narrow tunnel.
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2.

to move or progress very slowly

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Traffic was crawling during rush hour.
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The project is crawling along, making little progress.
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a very slow rate of movement or progress

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The traffic was reduced to a crawl.
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The project moved at a painful crawl.
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