Synonyms of the word

crawling

• v. present participle of crawl.
• n. The motion of something that crawls.

crawl

• v. (intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
• v. (intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
• v. (intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
• v. (intransitive, with "with") See crawl with.
• v. (intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
• v. (intransitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
• v. (transitive) To move over an area on hands and knees.
• v. (intransitive) To visit while becoming inebriated.
• v. (transitive) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
• n. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
• n. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
• n. (figuratively) A very slow pace.
• n. (television, film) A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
• n. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.

creep

• v. (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
• v. (intransitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
• v. (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
• v. (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
• v. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate…
• v. To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
• v. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
• v. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
• v. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
• n. The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
• n. A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
• n. A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something.
• n. The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered…
• n. (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those…
• n. (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under…
• n. (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
• n. (informal, pejorative) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
• n. (informal, pejorative) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker…
• n. (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals…

creeping

• v. present participle of creep.
• n. The act of something that creeps.

locomotion

• n. The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
• n. (biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running,…

travel

• v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
• v. (transitive) To force to journey.
• v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
• n. The act of traveling.
• n. pl A series of journeys.
• n. pl An account of one's travels.
• n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
• n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.