1. глагол 1) ползать Например: The snake crawled into its hole. — Змея вползла в свою нору. Синоним(ы): creep 2) медленно, с трудом продвигаться 3) кишеть Например: The cheap room was dark, dirty, and crawling with spiders. — Дешёвая комната была тёмная, грязная и кишела пауками. After the explosion, the town was crawling with soldiers. — После взрыва город наводнили солдаты. 4) ощущать мурашки по телу Например: The story made her flesh crawl. — У неё от этого рассказа мурашки по телу побежали. 2. имя существительное 1) ползание 2) медленное движение; движение, осуществляемое с большим трудом 3) [британский вариант английского языка] кочевание из кабачка в кабачок 4) подобострастие, пресмыкательство 5) [спорт]; то же, что и crawl stroke - кроль (стиль плавания) 6) [гидрология и гидротехника] затон, тоня
лакокрасочная промышленность ползти, подтекать (о краске)
1) сползание; ползти 2) блок шкивов 3) [телевидение] устройство для протяжки надписей
I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse krafla intransitive verb 1. to move slowly in a prone position without or as if without the use of limbs Example: the snake crawled into its hole 2. to move or progress slowly or laboriously Example: traffic crawls along at 10 miles an hour 3. to advance by guile or servility Example: crawling into favor by toadying to his boss 4. to spread by extending stems or tendrils Example: a crawling vine 5. a. to be alive or swarming with or as if with creeping things Example: a kitchen crawling with ants b. to have the sensation of insects creeping over one Example: the story made her flesh crawl 6. to fail to stay evenly spread — used of paint, varnish, or glaze transitive verb 1. to move upon in or as if in a creeping manner Example: all the creatures that crawl the earth 2. to reprove harshly Example: they got no good right to crawl me for what I wrote — Marjorie K. Rawlings II. noun 1. a. the act or action of crawling b. slow or laborious progress c. chiefly British a going from one pub to another 2. a fast swimming stroke executed in a prone position with alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick 3. lettering that moves vertically or horizontally across a television or motion-picture screen to give information (as performer credits or news bulletins)