How to spell crawl

Crawl is spelled C-R-A-W-L.

hear itcrawl/krɔl/verbLong vowels

What it means: To move on hands and knees.

In a sentence: The baby can crawl across the soft carpet.

Same family: crawling, crawled, crawler, creep, grovel. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Crawl” comes from Old Norse *krafla*, meaning ‘to claw one’s way’ or ‘creep.’ Over time, English speakers began to use it figuratively for people who ‘crawl’ to someone in fear or to show exaggerated respect.

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