crawl (B2)
verb
Pronunciation: /krɔːl/
Definition
To move forward on your hands and knees or by dragging your body.
Examples
The injured soldier had to crawl to safety.
Spiders crawl across the walls.
He crawled out of the wreckage.
How to Use crawl
- crawl along (prepositional phrase)
- To move slowly along a surface or path. — "The snail crawled along the leaf."
- crawl out of (prepositional phrase)
- To emerge from a confined space by crawling. — "The cat crawled out of the box."
- crawl through (prepositional phrase)
- To move slowly through a space or obstacle. — "We had to crawl through the tunnel."
- crawl into (prepositional phrase)
- To enter a space by crawling. — "The dog crawled into its bed."
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