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Webster 1913 Edition
Crawler
Crawl′er
(kr?l′?r)
, Noun.
One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crawler
CRAWLER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
crawler
crawler
English
Noun
crawler (plural crawlers)
- (Australia, obsolete) A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
- (Britain, Australia, slang) A sycophant.
Etymology 2
From crawl (“move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er (“suffix forming agent noun”).
Caterpillar D9 crawler tractor.
Noun
crawler (plural crawlers)
- A child who is able to creep using his hands and knees but is not able to walk.
- (sports) A crawl swimmer.
- A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
- A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as webpage links.
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
child able to creep
crawl swimmer
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tractor crawler
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software bot
sycophant — see sycophant
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁo.le/
Verb
crawler
- (transitive, intransitive) to swim using the crawl stroke
- (transitive, intransitive, Internet) to spider
Conjugation
Conjugation of crawler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | crawler | avoir crawlé | |||||
| gerund | en crawlant | en ayant crawlé | |||||
| present participle | crawlant /kʁo.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | crawlé /kʁo.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | crawle /kʁol/ |
crawles /kʁol/ |
crawle /kʁol/ |
crawlons /kʁo.lɔ̃/ |
crawlez /kʁo.le/ |
crawlent /kʁol/ |
| imperfect | crawlais /kʁo.lɛ/ |
crawlais /kʁo.lɛ/ |
crawlait /kʁo.lɛ/ |
crawlions /kʁo.ljɔ̃/ |
crawliez /kʁo.lje/ |
crawlaient /kʁo.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | crawlai /kʁo.le/ |
crawlas /kʁo.la/ |
crawla /kʁo.la/ |
crawlâmes /kʁo.lam/ |
crawlâtes /kʁo.lat/ |
crawlèrent /kʁo.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | crawlerai /kʁol.ʁe/ |
crawleras /kʁol.ʁa/ |
crawlera /kʁol.ʁa/ |
crawlerons /kʁol.ʁɔ̃/ |
crawlerez /kʁol.ʁe/ |
crawleront /kʁol.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | crawlerais /kʁol.ʁɛ/ |
crawlerais /kʁol.ʁɛ/ |
crawlerait /kʁol.ʁɛ/ |
crawlerions /kʁo.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
crawleriez /kʁo.lə.ʁje/ |
crawleraient /kʁol.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | crawle /kʁol/ |
crawles /kʁol/ |
crawle /kʁol/ |
crawlions /kʁo.ljɔ̃/ |
crawliez /kʁo.lje/ |
crawlent /kʁol/ |
| imperfect1 |
crawlasse /kʁo.las/ |
crawlasses /kʁo.las/ |
crawlât /kʁo.la/ |
crawlassions /kʁo.la.sjɔ̃/ |
crawlassiez /kʁo.la.sje/ |
crawlassent /kʁo.las/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | crawle /kʁol/ |
— | crawlons /kʁo.lɔ̃/ |
crawlez /kʁo.le/ |
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