crawl – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of crawl

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to crawl
Participle: crawled
Gerund: crawling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icrawl
youcrawl
he;she;itcrawls
wecrawl
youcrawl
theycrawl

Perfect

Ihave crawled
youhave crawled
he;she;ithas crawled
wehave crawled
youhave crawled
theyhave crawled

Past

Icrawled
youcrawled
he;she;itcrawled
wecrawled
youcrawled
theycrawled

Pluperfect

Ihad crawled
youhad crawled
he;she;ithad crawled
wehad crawled
youhad crawled
theyhad crawled

Future

Iwill crawl
youwill crawl
he;she;itwill crawl
wewill crawl
youwill crawl
theywill crawl

Future Perfect

Iwill have crawled
youwill have crawled
he;she;itwill have crawled
wewill have crawled
youwill have crawled
theywill have crawled

Subjunctive

Present

Icrawl
youcrawl
he;she;itcrawl
wecrawl
youcrawl
theycrawl

Perfect

Ihave crawled
youhave crawled
he;she;ithave crawled
wehave crawled
youhave crawled
theyhave crawled

Imperfect

Icrawled
youcrawled
he;she;itcrawled
wecrawled
youcrawled
theycrawled

Pluperfect

Ihad crawled
youhad crawled
he;she;ithad crawled
wehad crawled
youhad crawled
theyhad crawled

Conditional

Present

Iwould crawl
youwould crawl
he;she;itwould crawl
wewould crawl
youwould crawl
theywould crawl

Perfect

Iwould have crawled
youwould have crawled
he;she;itwould have crawled
wewould have crawled
youwould have crawled
theywould have crawled

Imperative

youcrawl
weLet's crawl
youcrawl

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam crawling
youare crawling
he;she;itis crawling
weare crawling
youare crawling
theyare crawling

Perfect

Ihave been crawling
youhave been crawling
he;she;ithas been crawling
wehave been crawling
youhave been crawling
theyhave been crawling

Past

Iwas crawling
youwere crawling
he;she;itwas crawling
wewere crawling
youwere crawling
theywere crawling

Pluperfect

Ihad been crawling
youhad been crawling
he;she;ithad been crawling
wehad been crawling
youhad been crawling
theyhad been crawling

Future

Iwill be crawling
youwill be crawling
he;she;itwill be crawling
wewill be crawling
youwill be crawling
theywill be crawling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been crawling
youwill have been crawling
he;she;itwill have been crawling
wewill have been crawling
youwill have been crawling
theywill have been crawling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be crawling
youwould be crawling
he;she;itwould be crawling
wewould be crawling
youwould be crawling
theywould be crawling

Perfect

Iwould have been crawling
youwould have been crawling
he;she;itwould have been crawling
wewould have been crawling
youwould have been crawling
theywould have been crawling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'crawl'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'crawl'

brawl, craal, craw, crawk, drawl, scrawl, trawl, wrawl, bawl, becrawl,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

climb
mount, ascend, scale, scramble, clamber

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1200, crewlen, from a Scand. source, perhaps O.N. krafla "to claw (one's way)." If there was an O.E. *craflian, it has not been recorded. Swimming sense is from 1903, the stroke developed by Frederick Cavill, well-known English swimmer who emigrated to Australia and modified the standard stroke of the day after observing South Seas islanders. So called because the swimmer's motion in the water resembles crawling.
2. From Middle English crawlen, crewlen, creulen, crallen, *cravelen, from Old Norse krafla (compare Danish kravle (“to crawl, creep”), Swedish kravla, kräla (“to creep, crawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *krablōną (compare Saterland Frisian krabbelje, Dutch krabbelen, German Low German krabbeln, German krabbeln), frequentative of *krabbōną (“to scratch, scrape”). Compare also Saterland Frisian krauelje (“to crawl, scuttle”), West Frisian kreauwelje (“to crawl”), Dutch krevelen, krieuwelen (“to crawl”), German Low German kribbeln, German kribbeln (“to creep, crawl, tingle”). See also crab, crabble. See: Danish 'kravle', Swedish 'kravla', Proto-Germanic '*krabblōną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'krabbelje', Dutch 'krabbelen', German, old spelling 'krabbeln', Frisian, Saterlandic 'krauelje', Dutch 'krevelen', German, old spelling 'kribbeln'.

Verbs referencing "crawl"

English crabble, Cimbrian khrabalan.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] the road. There—with mechanics working at their trades, and people leaning from their doors and windows, and boys flying kites and playing marbles, and men smoking, and women talking, and children crawling, and pigs burrowing, and unaccustomed horses plunging and rearing, close to the very rails—there—on, on, on—tears the mad dragon of an engine with its train of cars; scattering in all directions a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] groping among the shelves in search of numbers corresponding with those they had drawn. As soon as any gentleman found his number, he took possession of it by immediately undressing himself and crawling into bed. The rapidity with which an agitated gambler subsided into a snoring slumberer, was one of the most singular effects I have ever witnessed. As to the ladies, they were already abed, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] all—Mammy, Jimmy, Polly, Sukey—glad to see Mas’r ? ” he said, as he went shaking hands from one to another. “ Look out for the babies ! ” he added, as he stumbled over a sooty little urchin, who was crawling upon all fours. “ If I step upon anybody, let ’ em mention it. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] to get rid of work, and lie round in the swamps, stealing and doing all sorts of horrid things. That man was caught and whipped, time and again, and it never did him any good; and the last time he crawled off, though he couldn't but just go, and died in the swamp. There was no sort of reason for it, for father's hands were always treated kindly. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)