becrawl
becrawl verb: to crawl about; crawl all over.
Verb
becrawl (third-person singular simple present becrawls, present participle becrawling, simple past and past participle becrawled)
- To crawl about; crawl all over.
- "Oh, if I could have been there!" muttered Kirby. "But it wouldn't have done." "At the last, Howaji," finished Najib, "he was what box fighters call 'downward and outward.' I dragged him to the camp's edge and left him to becrawl himself away.1925, Albert Payson Terhune, Najib - Page 84
- Nor becrawl on me, bedam, Nor my nose besettle on, Howso in thy sight it shone.1949, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 216 - Page 683
Forms of becrawl
| third-person singular present | becrawls |
|---|---|
| present participle | becrawling |
| past participle | becrawled |
| past | becrawled |
Origin of becrawl
From be- (“about, all over”) + crawl.
Words that rhyme with becrawl
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pall
- paul
- recall
- tall
- Donegal
- saul
- forestall
- Saint Paul
- all
- appall
- hauler
- maul
- overcall
- overhaul
- scrawl
- withcall
- befall
- brawl
- drawl
- install
- set out one's stall
- sing small
- bawl
- orle
- spall
- sprawl
- squall
- trawl
- withal
- y'all
- acrawl
- awl
- infall
- moneyball
- overall
- pawl
- saule
- Senegal
- shawl
- spawl
- tell all
- yawl
- appal
- asprawl
- at all
- aul
- bescrawl
- besmall
Questions about becrawl
- What does becrawl mean?
- Becrawl means to crawl about; crawl all over.
- What part of speech is becrawl?
- Becrawl is a verb.
- What is the past tense of becrawl?
- The past tense of becrawl is becrawled.
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