# crawling

Pronunciation: say "KRAW-ling" /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The slow, low movement of a creature or thing that pulls itself along a surface.
   - Simple: The slow movement of something that drags itself along the ground.
   - _The crawling of the wounded soldier across the open field was painful to watch._
   - _We followed the steady crawling of the beetle up the rough tree trunk._

## Verb

2. Present participle of crawl. — present participle and gerund of crawl
   - Simple: Present participle of crawl. Use this -ing form when the action is happening right now.
   - _The soldiers were crawling through the mud toward the ridge._
   - _A spider was crawling slowly up the windowpane._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/crawling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).