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verb

Definition of crawlsnext
present tense third-person singular of crawl
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as in snakes
to move slowly with the body close to the ground the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another

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as in drags
to move slowly the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled

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as in pokes
to move or act slowly the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl

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as in bursts
to be copiously supplied something must be up, as city hall is crawling with reporters

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crawls

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noun

plural of crawl
as in traffic

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“Crawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawls. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

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