CRAWL, verb intransitive

1. To creep; to move slowly by thrusting or drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; or to move slowly on the hands and knees or feet, as a human being. A worm crawls on the earth; a boy crawls into a cavern, or up a tree.

2. To move or walk weakly, slowly, or timorously.

He was hardly able to crawl about the room.

3. To creep; to advance slowly and slyly; to insinuate ones self; as, to crawl into favor. [This use is vulgar.]

4. To move about; to move in any direction; used in contempt.

Absurd opinions crawl about the world.

5. To have the sensation of insects creeping about the body; as, the flesh crawls.

CRAWL, noun A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the sea coast for containing fish.