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• insects — n. 1) insects bite; crawl, creep; fly 2) as warm of (flying) insects * * * crawl creep fly a swarm of (flying) insects insects bite …   Combinatory dictionary

• Crawl space vent — Crawl space vents seen from outside. Crawl space vent seen from inside a …   Wikipedia

• Crawl — or crawling may refer to: Crawling (Pottery), Crawling occurs when the glaze hasn t properly adhered to the bisqued clay. Crawling (human), any of several types of human quadrupedal gait Limbless locomotion, the movement of limbless animals over… …   Wikipedia

• crawl — crawl1 [krôl] vi. [ME craulen < ON krafla < Gmc base * krab , *kreb , to scratch (> Ger krabbeln): for IE base see CRAB1] 1. to move slowly by dragging the body along the ground, as a worm 2. to go on hands and knees; creep 3. to move or …   English World dictionary

• crawl — crawl1 [kro:l US kro:l] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: krafla] 1.) to move along on your hands and knees with your body close to the ground crawl along/across etc ▪ The baby crawled across the floor. 2.) if an insect crawls, it moves… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• crawl — crawl1 [ krɔl ] verb intransitive * 1. ) crawl across/along/through etc. to move along the ground on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground: She crawled across the floor, her eyes stinging from the smoke. They crawled through… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• crawl — crawl1 crawlingly, adv. /krawl/, v.i. 1. to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child. 2. (of plants or vines) to extend tendrils; creep. 3. to… …   Universalium

• crawl — 1 verb (I) 1 MOVE ON HANDS AND KNEES to move along on your hands and knees with your body close to the ground (+ along/across etc): She suddenly got down and crawled along behind the wall so that Carl wouldn t see her. | Is your baby crawling… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• crawl — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse krafla Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to move slowly in a prone position without or as if without the use of limbs < the snake crawled into its hole > 2. to move or progress slowly or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• crawl with — phrasal verb [transitive, usually progressive] Word forms crawl with : present tense I/you/we/they crawl with he/she/it crawls with present participle crawling with past tense crawled with past participle crawled with 1) to be full of people in a …   English dictionary

• crawl — [[t]krɔl[/t]] v. i. 1) to move in a prone position with the body close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees 2) to move or progress slowly or laboriously: a line of cars crawling toward the beach[/ex] 3) to behave in… …   From formal English to slang