crawl-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: Move slowly, as in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground or a natural feature running along the ground; also in terms of a process.

Commentary: INCLUDES: CRAWL THROUGH, CRAWL UP, CRAWL DOWN, CRAWL INTO, CRAWL ALONG, CRAWL AWAY, CRAWL OUT
NOTE: May include metaphorical uses.

Examples:
The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed.
The stream crawled along the floor of the canyon.
The presidential search process crawled along for many months without results.
The climber crawled up the wall.
When each of my babies began to crawl away from me, though, I began
to feel abandoned.
That seems like something that crawled out of a Stephen King novel.

Mappings:
VerbNet: meander-47.7,run-51.3.2,swarm-47.5.1-1
FrameNet: Self_motion
PropBank: crawl.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Be full of.

Commentary:
NOTE: No motion of 'full' object is implied, only motion within it.
NOTE: No percept is necessary; compare to Sense 3.

Examples:
The old cheese was crawling with maggots.
The grave crawled with insects of all sorts.

Mappings:
VerbNet: swarm-47.5.1-1
FrameNet: Abounding_with
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: Feel as if crawling with insects.

Commentary:
NOTE: This sense MUST include a percept (someone/something sentient to have the feeling).

Examples:
My skin crawled - I was terrified!
His mind crawled with ideas that demanded to be put on paper.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 4: Show submission or fear.

Commentary: INCLUDES: CRAWL AWAY
NOTE: Motion must imply submission or fear (see Sense 1).

Examples:
He crawled away in defeat.
Well, they should know that not every employee is going to crawl away
in fear.
We don't have to crawl in submission to anyone.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: CRAWL IN: Prepare for sleep; go to sleep; go to bed.

Examples:
I usually crawl in at midnight when I finish work.
He crawled in at dawn after a long night of drinking.
Computer programmers often crawl in near dawn.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
crawl_in 1

Sense Number 6: Swim by doing the crawl.

Examples:
European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how
to crawl.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM