kruipen — meaning in English

English meaning

• crawl verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
• creep verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
• grovel verb To lie or crawl face-down on the ground, often out of fear or submission.

Senses

kruipen is used for these senses in English:

• crawl (intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
• creep To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

crawl — full definition

1. verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
2. verb To move or progress very slowly.
3. verb For a computer program to automatically visit and index web pages.
4. noun A very slow pace, or a tour of several bars in one night ("bar crawl").

creep — full definition

1. verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
2. verb To change or increase very gradually, often in an unwelcome way.
3. noun An unpleasant or unsettling person, especially one who behaves in a sexually inappropriate way.

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