wimmeln — meaning in English

English meaning

• abound verb To exist in large numbers or amounts; to be plentiful.
• crawl verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.

Senses

wimmeln is used for these senses in English:

• abound (intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
• abound (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
• crawl (intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
• crawl (transitive, internet) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.

abound — full definition

1. verb To exist in large numbers or amounts; to be plentiful.
2. verb To be full of something, or richly supplied with it.

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").

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