usage: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
Verb
1. crawl, creep, travel, go, move, locomote
usage: move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
2. sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot, walk
usage: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
3. creep, diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
usage: grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"