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crawl

1. verb move on hands and knees2. verb of insects3. verb move slowly4. verb grovel5. verb of skin6. noun slow movement7. noun swimming stroke
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1 verb move on hands and knees INTRANSITIVEbheith ag lámhacánbheith ag crúbadachthe baby is crawling tá an leanbh ag lámhacánshe crawled over on her hands and knees tháinig sí anall ar na ceithre boinn, tháinig sí anall ar a lámha agus ar a glúine 2 verb of insects INTRANSITIVEsnámh verb  c m uants were crawling on the table bhí seangáin ag snámh ar an mbord
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3 verb move slowly INTRANSITIVEbog go mall  c m ugluais go mall  c m utraffic was crawling along ar éigean a bhí an trácht ag bogadh 4 verb grovel INTRANSITIVEbheith ag lútáil  c m udon't make him crawl ná tabhair air dul ag lútáilI had to crawl to her b'éigean dom dul ag lútáil léi, b'éigean dom dul ag tláithínteacht léi 5 verb of skin INTRANSITIVEmy skin was crawling bhí cáithníní ar mo chraiceann, bhí fionnachrith orm 6 noun slow movementhe drove at a crawl bhí sé ag tiomáint go han-mhallshe'd slowed down to a crawl is ar éigean a bhí sí ag bogadh 7 (also front crawl) noun swimming strokecrágshnámh masc3  c m u
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to be crawling with sth

bheith beo le rudbheith ar snámh le rudbheith dubh le rudthe place was crawling with police bhí an áit dubh le póilíníhis hair was crawling with nits bhí a chuid gruaige beo le míola

to crawl (all) over sth

rud a scagadh go cúramachrud a scrúdú go mion

to make sb's skin crawl

(also

to make sb's flesh crawl

) déistin a chur ar dhuinesamhnas a chur ar dhuinehe makes my skin crawl cuireann sé déistin orm