crawl
verb (used without object)
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.
crawled
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past participleof crawl.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof crawl.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
crawlverb (used without object)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.
Example Sentences
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Roa and his companions initially crawled and then cut a hole to reach the site.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
On and on it went, a remix of the pessimism that has crawled around this program for a generation plus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Daveigh Chase, the horror actress who crawled out of a telly in The Ring and who voiced Lilo in Disney's animated Lilo & Stitch, has died aged 35.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Once inside, they climbed, rappelled, crawled, and even floated through flooded sections while recording the caves' shapes and fracture patterns.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
As each long featureless day crawled to a close, I checked off another square.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
