What does crawled mean?
Past tense of crawl, to move on hands and knees, or to move slowly and laboriously. To have navigated or accessed a website or database by searching or browsing.
Example
"The spider crawled across the floor, its many legs moving quickly. The search engine crawled the website to index its content."
Reviewed by Deb Chak, Editor. AI-assisted content curated by RJS Tech Solutions LLP.