crawl
/krɔːl/verb
उच्चारण क्रॉल
रेंगना
Core word
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[I]
to move forward on your hands and knees, with your body close to the ground; to move very slowly
रेंगना
- The traffic crawled.
- The baby crawled across the carpet to reach her toy.
- The soldiers crawled under the barbed wire.
+ 2 more examples
- Traffic crawled along the highway for hours.
- A snail crawled slowly up the wall.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
crawl + adverb / preposition
Crawl takes a direction word to show where or how the movement happens.
'Crawl' के साथ दिशा या ढंग बताने वाला शब्द आता है कि गति कहाँ या कैसे हो रही है।
- The baby crawled across the floor.
- Soldiers crawled under the wire.
crawl (of traffic, time) = move very slowly
It also describes vehicles or time that move extremely slowly.
यह उन वाहनों या समय के लिए भी आता है जो बहुत धीरे चलते हैं।
- Traffic crawled along the highway during the festival rush.
- The hours crawled by before the result was announced.
be crawling with + plural noun
Use this informal pattern when a place is full of insects or people moving about.
जब कोई जगह कीड़ों या इधर-उधर घूमते लोगों से भरी हो, तब यह informal pattern आता है।
- The old kitchen was crawling with ants.
- The market was crawling with tourists.
a crawl (noun)
As a noun, 'a crawl' means a very slow pace, or the swimming stroke called the front crawl.
Noun के रूप में 'a crawl' का अर्थ बहुत धीमी गति या तैराकी की front crawl शैली है।
- Traffic slowed to a crawl near the toll gate.
- She won the 100 metres crawl.
+Collocations 4
adverb + crawl
slowlypainfullycautiouslyon all foursinch by inch
- The injured trekker crawled painfully towards the hut.
crawl + preposition
crawl intocrawl undercrawl alongcrawl throughcrawl over
- The cat crawled under the car to escape the rain.
crawl + to + person (informal)
crawl to the bosscrawl to the teachercrawl to the managercrawl to a leadercrawl to an official
- He crawled to the manager to get promoted.
slow down to / at a crawl
at a crawlto a crawlreduced to a crawlslowed to a crawlmove at a crawl
- Traffic moved at a crawl because of the waterlogged road.
“More examples 5
- The baby crawled towards the sound of the bell.
बच्चा घंटी की आवाज़ की ओर रेंगता हुआ गया।
- During the flood, the rescue team had to crawl through a narrow window.
बाढ़ के दौरान बचाव दल को एक संकरी खिड़की से रेंगकर निकलना पड़ा।
- Radhika's skin crawled when she saw the cockroaches in the store room.
स्टोर रूम में तिलचट्टे देखकर राधिका के शरीर में सिहरन दौड़ गई।
- The queue at the ration shop moved at a crawl.
राशन की दुकान की कतार बहुत धीमी गति से आगे बढ़ी।
- He learned the front crawl at the municipal swimming pool.
उसने नगरपालिका के स्विमिंग पूल में front crawl सीखा।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The baby is crawling on the floor with his hands and knee.
✓ The baby is crawling on the floor on his hands and knees.
The fixed phrase is 'on hands and knees' with both nouns in the plural.
स्थायी phrase 'on hands and knees' है, जिसमें दोनों noun plural होते हैं।
✗ The traffic was crawling in a slow speed.
✓ The traffic was crawling at a slow speed.
Speed takes the preposition 'at', not 'in'.
गति के साथ preposition 'at' आता है, 'in' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs describe movement at ground level, but they differ in speed and manner.
ये verbs ज़मीन के स्तर पर होने वाली गति बताते हैं, पर गति और ढंग में अंतर है।
To move with the body close to the ground, or to move extremely slowly.
शरीर को ज़मीन के पास रखकर चलना, या अत्यंत धीमे चलना।
- The toddler crawled to the door.
To move quietly and carefully so that nobody notices you.
इस तरह चुपचाप और सावधानी से चलना कि कोई ध्यान न दे।
- The thief crept past the sleeping guard.
To glide along the ground with a smooth wriggling movement, like a snake.
साँप की तरह चिकनी लहराती गति से ज़मीन पर फिसलकर चलना।
- A snake slithered into the grass.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Crawl with (be full of: 'crawling with ants'), at a crawl (very slowly).
Idioms: crawl with (से भरा होना: 'crawling with ants'), at a crawl (बहुत धीरे)।