The baby began to crawl.
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Crawl
//kɹɔːl//
Synonyms for "crawl" (195 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (59)
Related words (97)
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Translations
267 translations across 78 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἕρπω verb (to move along the ground)
Arabic
3 entries- حبى verb (to move along the ground)
- دَبَّ verb (to move along the ground)
- زَحَفَ verb (to move along the ground)
Armenian
1 entries- սողալ verb (to move along the ground)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- iməkləmək verb (to move along the ground)
- sürünmək verb (to move along the ground)
- sürünmək verb (to move along the ground)
- sürünmək verb (to move slowly)
Belarusian
2 entries- паўзці́ verb (to move along the ground)
- по́ўзаць verb (to move along the ground)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кро́ул noun (swimming stroke)
- пълзене noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- вла́ча се verb (to move slowly)
- гъмжа verb (to teem or swarm)
Burmese
1 entries- တွား verb (to move along the ground)
Catalan
3 entries- crol noun (swimming stroke)
- arrossegar-se verb (to move along the ground)
- gatejar verb (to move along the ground)
Cebuano
1 entries- kamang verb (to move along the ground)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏓᎾᏏᏅᏍᏗ verb (to move along the ground)
Chinese
1 entries- 趖 verb (to move along the ground)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 自由泳 noun (swimming stroke)
- 匍 verb (to move along the ground)
- 匍匐 verb (to move along the ground)
- 抓取 verb (to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- baqalamaq verb (to move along the ground)
Czech
4 entries- lézt verb (to move along the ground)
- lézt verb (to move slowly)
- plazit se verb (to move along the ground)
- plazit se verb (to move slowly)
Danish
3 entries- crawl noun (swimming stroke)
- kravle verb (to move along the ground)
- krybe verb (to move along the ground)
Dutch
1 entries- kruipen verb (to move along the ground)
Esperanto
1 entries- rampi verb (to move along the ground)
Ewe
1 entries- ta verb (to move along the ground)
Faroese
2 entries- krovl noun (swimming stroke)
- grulva verb (to move along the ground)
Finnish
4 entries- konttaus noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- krooli noun (swimming stroke)
- matelu noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- ryömintä noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
French
4 entries- crawl noun (swimming stroke)
- avancer au pas verb (to move slowly)
- avoir la chair de poule verb (to feel swarming sensation)
- faire le crawl verb (to swim using crawl stroke)
Georgian
3 entries- ბობღვა verb (to move along the ground)
- ცოცვა verb (to move along the ground)
- ხოხვა verb (to move along the ground)
German
4 entries- Kraul noun (swimming stroke)
- Schneckentempo noun (a very slow pace)
- krabbeln verb (to move along the ground)
- krabbeln verb (to feel swarming sensation)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 verb (to move along the ground)
Greek
4 entries- κρόουλ noun (swimming stroke)
- έρπω verb (to move along the ground)
- κάνω κρόουλ verb (to swim using crawl stroke)
- μπουσουλάω verb (to move over an area on hands and knees)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- ranpe verb (to move along the ground)
Hebrew
4 entries- הזדחלות noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- זחילה noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- הזדחל verb (to move slowly)
- זחל verb (to move along the ground)
Hindi
1 entries- घिसटना verb (to move along the ground)
Hungarian
4 entries- araszolás noun (a very slow pace)
- csigalépés noun (a very slow pace)
- kallózás noun (swimming stroke)
- krallozás noun (swimming stroke)
Icelandic
2 entries- skriðsund noun (swimming stroke)
- skríða verb (to move along the ground)
Interlingua
1 entries- reptar verb (to move along the ground)
Irish
2 entries- lámhacán noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- bí ag lámhacán verb (to move over an area on hands and knees)
Italian
4 entries- crawl noun (swimming stroke)
- brulicare verb (to teem or swarm)
- gattonare verb (to move along the ground)
- nuotare a crawl verb (to swim using crawl stroke)
Japanese
2 entries- クロール noun (swimming stroke)
- 這う verb (to move along the ground)
Khmer
1 entries- លូន verb (to move along the ground)
Korean
2 entries- 기다 verb (to move along the ground)
- 기어가다 verb (to move along the ground)
Lao
1 entries- ຄານ verb (to move along the ground)
Latgalian
1 entries- ruopuot verb (to move along the ground)
Latin
2 entries- rēpō verb (to move along the ground)
- serpō verb (to move slowly)
Latvian
1 entries- rāpot verb (to move along the ground)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ropoti verb (to move along the ground)
Lower Sorbian
4 entries- lězć verb (to move along the ground)
- lězć verb (to move slowly)
- łazyś verb (to move along the ground)
- łazyś verb (to move slowly)
Macedonian
1 entries- ползи verb (to move along the ground)
Malay
2 entries- gaya rangkak noun (swimming stroke)
- rangkak verb (to move along the ground)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᡳᠴᡠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to move along the ground)
Mongolian
1 entries- мөлхөх verb (to move along the ground)
Māori
1 entries- toro verb (to move along the ground)
Nahuatl
1 entries- coyonenemi verb (to move along the ground)
Norman
1 entries- crépi verb (to move along the ground)
Northwestern Ojibwa
1 entries- ondoode verb (to move along the ground)
Norwegian
1 entries- krype verb (to move along the ground)
Occitan
4 entries- rampar verb (to move along the ground)
- rebalar verb (to move along the ground)
- reptar verb (to move along the ground)
- serpar verb (to move along the ground)
Old English
2 entries- crēopan verb (to move along the ground)
- smūgan verb (to move along the ground)
Persian
1 entries- خزیدن verb (to move along the ground)
Polish
4 entries- kraul noun (swimming stroke)
- czołgać się verb (to move along the ground)
- czworakować verb (to move over an area on hands and knees)
- pełzać verb (to move along the ground)
Portuguese
4 entries- crawl noun (swimming stroke)
- crol noun (swimming stroke)
- rastejo noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- arrastar-se verb (to move along the ground)
Rarotongan
1 entries- toro verb (to move along the ground)
Romanian
2 entries- craul noun (swimming stroke)
- se târî verb (to move along the ground)
Russian
4 entries- кроль noun (swimming stroke)
- по́лзание noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- заи́скивать verb (to act in a servile manner)
- кише́ть verb (to teem or swarm)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- snàig verb (to move along the ground)
- èalaidh verb (to move along the ground)
- èalaidh verb (to move slowly)
- èalaidh verb (to move over an area on hands and knees)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- plaziti verb (to move along the ground)
- puzati verb (to move along the ground)
- puziti verb (to move along the ground)
- плазити verb (to move along the ground)
Slovak
2 entries- kraul noun (swimming stroke)
- plaziť sa verb (to move along the ground)
Slovene
1 entries- plaziti se verb (to move along the ground)
Spanish
4 entries- crol noun (swimming stroke)
- estilo crol noun (swimming stroke)
- gateado noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
- gateamiento noun (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops)
Swedish
4 entries- crawl noun (swimming stroke)
- crawla verb (to swim using crawl stroke)
- krypa verb (to move along the ground)
- kräla verb (to move along the ground)
Tahitian
1 entries- toro verb (to move along the ground)
Tajik
1 entries- хазидан verb (to move along the ground)
Tamil
4 entries- ஊர் verb (to move slowly)
- ஊர் verb (to teem or swarm)
- ஊர் verb (to feel swarming sensation)
- தவழ் verb (to move along the ground)
Telugu
3 entries- దేకు verb (to move along the ground)
- దేకు verb (to move slowly)
- పాకు verb (to move along the ground)
Thai
1 entries- คลาน verb (to move along the ground)
Turkish
1 entries- emeklemek verb (to move along the ground)
Ukrainian
4 entries- плазува́ти verb (to act in a servile manner)
- плести́ся verb (to move slowly)
- по́взати verb (to move along the ground)
- по́взати verb (to act in a servile manner)
Unami
1 entries- pëmùxkwsi verb (to move along the ground)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bò verb (to move along the ground)
- trườn verb (to move along the ground)
West-Frisian
1 entries- krûpe verb (to move along the ground)
Yao
1 entries- kukwaŵa verb (to move along the ground)
Yiddish
3 entries- פּויזען verb (to move along the ground)
- קריכן verb (to move along the ground)
- קריכן verb (to move slowly)
Zazaki
4 entries- xolınce noun (swimming stroke)
- buli kerden verb (to move along the ground)
- buli kewten verb (to act in a servile manner)
- bulinen verb (to move slowly)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Can you do the crawl?
Source: tatoeba (62756)
I'm so sorry about what I did. I wish I could just crawl into a hole and die.
Source: tatoeba (65849)
I'm so embarrassed I could dig a hole and crawl into it.
Source: tatoeba (238578)
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