What is the meaning of crawl?

noun

• A very slow movement.
  • usage: "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
• A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick.
  • synonyms: front crawl, Australian crawl
• A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.
  • usage: "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
  • synonyms: crawling, creep, creeping

verb

• Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground.
  • usage: "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
  • synonyms: creep
• Feel as if crawling with insects.
  • usage: "My skin crawled-I was terrified"
• Be full of.
  • usage: "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
• Show submission or fear.
  • synonyms: fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
• Swim by doing the crawl.
  • usage: "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"