crawl

kro:l 1. verb

1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) krabbe, slepe seg

2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) krabbe

3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) bevege seg i sneglefart, kreke seg fram

4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) kry av, vrimle med

2. noun

1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) krabbefart, sneglefart

2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) crawl

krabbe

I

subst. \/krɔːl\/

(fiske)sump

II

subst. \/krɔːl\/

1) kryping, krabbing, kravling

2) (også crawl stroke) crawl (svømming)

3) (trafikk) sneglefart

do the crawl crawle, svømme crawl

go at a crawl bevege seg i sneglefart

III

verb \/krɔːl\/

1) krabbe, krype, kravle, slepe seg, åle seg

2) sneglekjøre, kjøre sakte

3) myldre, kry, vrimle

• the ground is crawling with ants

det kryr av maur på bakken

4) (svømming) crawle

crawl to krype\/smiske for

make someone's flesh crawl (overført) gi noen gåsehud, få noen til å grøsse, by noen i mot, gjøre noen kvalm