Crawling is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CRAWLING in dictionary:

VERB:
• move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground
• (of an insect or small animal) move slowly along a surface
• (of a vehicle) move at an unusually slow pace
• swim using the crawl
• (of paint or other liquid) move after application to form an uneven layer over the surface below
• be covered or crowded with (insects or people), to an extent that is objectionable
• (of a program) systematically visit (a number of web pages) in order to create an index of data
• behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favour
NOUN:
• the act of crawling
• a slow rate of movement, typically that of a vehicle
• a swimming stroke involving alternate overarm movements and rapid kicks of the legs
• defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
• an act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground
ADJECTIVE:
• creeping; lousy, verminous
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to move with the body on or near the ground

Words related to CRAWLING

acrawl11 crawl10 crawled13 crawlingly19 crawlings15 crawls11

Words that contain CRAWLING

crawlings15 scrawling15 becrawling18 crawlingly19 scrawlings16 bescrawling19 outcrawling17 scrawlingly20

How to use CRAWLING in a sentence

• He described the new house and reported that Emma was crawling and would be walking soon.
• These slaves! These crawling reptiles! May the curse of chains Cling to them for ever.
• Yet before she reached the wall she found herself down and crawling upon her hands and knees straight toward the hole from which the two eyes still clung to hers.
• Hiram was crawling on hands and knees toward the wheel, and escaped, also.
• They were all over the roof of the hut, dancing and crawling about.
• Curtis was standing near, and crawling up to him, I took his hand in my own.
• And she of the flashing eyes and Yankee blood? Blinded, falling, crawling on hand and knee, the wind thrust back in her throat by the wind, she was heading for the tent.
• Crawling cautiously up, he found this bullet-swept area temporarily deserted, and creeping along it peered over the end.
• But a threatened kick or the swing of a menacing stick will send them off crawling and whining.
• There was no getting to the top of the walls, so he contented himself with crawling gingerly over the rocks to a point where a little spring bubbled out of a narrow cave opening.
• Harden never even saw the cavern but had spent the night crawling steadily toward the rim.
• He had bandaged his wound with his first-aid field dressing, and started crawling back, a few yards at a time.
• Little by little, crouching, almost crawling, the more daring spirits among them would give a spring and a rapid run to the front of forty or fifty yards.
• Beaten and buffeted by the ceaseless fury that no longer gave quarter, they slowly fought their way hand-over-hand along the rope, Dan now crawling last.
• Abercrombie, who had escaped by crawling through the grass, and reported the Fort besieged by a thousand savages, and quite unprepared for defense.
• Purple lips with loose muscles crawling under the rouge.
• The expression of that bestial fallen face made his spine feel as if ants were crawling on it.
• Then he resumed the task of crawling forward on his face, and without making any noise, one of the most difficult feats that a human being is ever called upon to do.
• Crawling on hands and knees a distance of twelve or fifteen feet through the low doorway, we entered the large open circle in the interior of the tent.
• After groping about some time in the dark, crawling over two dead reindeer and a heap of dried fish, I was obliged to shout for assistance.
• Yesterday morning, sir, as I was crawling out to my work, for I am still but very weak, a fine hare ran across my path.
• A few moments later a short, dirty young man appeared at the door, crawling over the prostrate horse.

Similar words containing CRAWL without suffix ing

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