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Crawl

To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.

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Bend 76% connected

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Flex 76% connected

To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Locomotion 76% connected

The act of moving from place to place.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pullulate 76% connected

To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.

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Swarm 76% connected

To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Swim 76% connected

To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Teem 76% connected

To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Formicate 76% connected

Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.

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Derivationally related 8

Angleworm 74% connected

A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

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Angleworm 74% connected

A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

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Crawler 74% connected

One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.

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Crawler 74% connected

One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.

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Toady 74% connected

A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.

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Toady 74% connected

A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.

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Synonym 7

Cower 92% connected

To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crawling 92% connected

of Crawl

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Creep 92% connected

To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Creeping 92% connected

of Creep

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Cringe 92% connected

To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to f…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fawn 92% connected

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grovel 92% connected

To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's bell…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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