CRAWLING

To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

Example: "Clutching my wounded side, i crawled back to the trench."

To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.

Example: "The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass."

To act in a servile manner.

Example: "Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!"

(with "with") see crawl with.

To feel a swarming sensation.

Example: "The horrible sight made my skin crawl."

To swim using the crawl stroke.

Example: "I think i'll crawl the next hundred metres."

To move over an area on hands and knees.

Example: "The baby crawled the entire second floor."

To visit while becoming inebriated.

Example: "They crawled the downtown bars."

To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.

Example: "Yahoo search has updated its slurp crawler to crawl web sites faster and more efficiently."