rastejar — 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.
- slither verb To move smoothly across a surface with a side-to-side, gliding motion, the way a snake does.
- worm noun A long, thin, legless invertebrate, such as an earthworm.
Senses
rastejar 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 (intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
- creep (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- creep To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- slither (intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
- 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").
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.