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crawl

/krɔl/ /krɔːl/
  1. 1
    emeklemek, sürünmek

    To move slowly on your hands and knees, or with your body close to the ground.

    • The baby finally learned how to crawl across the living room floor.
      Bebek sonunda oturma odasının zemininde emeklemeyi öğrendi.
    • We had to crawl under the fence to get into the field.
      Tarlaya girmek için çitin altından sürünmek zorunda kaldık.
  2. 2
    ağır ağır ilerlemek

    To move or progress very slowly.

    • The traffic was crawling during rush hour.
      Trafik yoğun saatlerde ağır ağır ilerliyordu.
    • The old bus crawled up the steep hill.
      Eski otobüs dik yokuşu ağır ağır tırmandı.
  3. 3
    (böcek, insan vb.) kaynamak, dolup taşmak Informal

    To be full of insects or people, in an unpleasant way.

    • The kitchen floor was crawling with ants.
      Mutfağın zemini karınca kaynıyordu.
    • The town is crawling with tourists in August.
      Kasabada ağustosta turist kaynıyor.

Verb Forms Regular

Base crawl
/krɔl/
Past crawled
/krɔld/
Participle crawled
/krɔld/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edcrawl → crawled

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /l/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. crawled /krɔld/

Synonyms

Collocations

crawl on hands and kneescrawl slowlycrawl forwardcrawl undercrawl outbe crawling with

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