пресмыка́ться — 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.
• crouch verb To bend the knees and lower the body close to the ground, often to hide, prepare to spring, or avoid being seen.
• genuflect verb To bend the knee, as in servitude.
• 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

пресмыка́ться is used for these senses in English:

• crawl (intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
• creep To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
• crouch (intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
• crouch (intransitive) To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.
• genuflect (intransitive, figurative) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
• grovel (intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
• grovel (intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
• kowtow (figuratively) To grovel, act in a very submissive manner; to show obeisance to (someone or something) in such a manner; to bow.

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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