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Word of the Day Tuesday, June 9, 2026

crawled

/krɔːld/ verb · British & US
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What does crawled mean?

verb

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."

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