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. crawl, feel
usage: feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
3. crawl, teem, pullulate, swarm
usage: be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"