Kriechen — 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.
- 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.
- kowtow verb To kneel and bow so low that the forehead touches the ground, as a sign of deep respect or submission.
Senses
Kriechen 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.
- creep The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- creep (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- creep (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- grovel (intransitive) To crawl.
- grovel (intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
- grovel (intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
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").
creep — full definition
- verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
- verb To change or increase very gradually, often in an unwelcome way.
- noun An unpleasant or unsettling person, especially one who behaves in a sexually inappropriate way.