madella — meaning in English
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English meaning
- crawl verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
- drag verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
- grovel verb To lie or crawl face-down on the ground, often out of fear or submission.
- worm noun A long, thin, legless invertebrate, such as an earthworm.
Senses
madella 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.
- crawl (transitive) To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
- drag To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- grovel (intransitive) To crawl.
- grovel (intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
- worm (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
crawl — full definition
- verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
- verb To move or progress very slowly.
- verb For a computer program to automatically visit and index web pages.
- noun A very slow pace, or a tour of several bars in one night ("bar crawl").
drag — full definition
- verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
- noun A resisting force that slows down something moving through air or liquid.
- noun Something tedious or annoying.
- noun Elaborate, exaggerated clothing of the opposite gender worn for performance, especially by drag queens and kings.
- verb To insult or criticize someone sharply, often publicly (informal).