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Hyphenation for “crawl”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “crawl”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "crawl" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “crawl” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „crawl“ ⟶ „crawl“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "crawl"

crawl >> /krɔl/

Definition: [verb] (of a person) move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground.
Example: they crawled out from under the table

Synonyms of "crawl"

creep | go on all fours | move on hands and knees | inch | drag oneself along | pull oneself along | drag | trail | slither | slink | squirm | wriggle | writhe | scrabble | worm one's way | advance slowly | advance stealthily | sneak |

Definition: [verb] Behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favor.

Synonyms of "crawl"

grovel to | be obsequious towards | ingratiate oneself with | be servile towards | be sycophantic towards | kowtow to | pander to | abase oneself to | demean oneself to | bow and scrape to | prostrate oneself before | toady to | truckle to | dance attendance on | fawn on | fawn over | curry favour with | cultivate | seek the favour of | try to win over | try to get on the good side of | make up to | play up to |

Definition: [verb] Be covered or crowded with insects or people, to an extent that is disgusting or objectionable.
Example: the place was crawling with soldiers

Synonyms of "crawl"

be full of | overflow with | teem with | abound in | abound with | be packed with | be crowded with | be thronged with | be jammed with | be alive with | be overrun with | swarm with | be bristling with | be infested with | be thick with |

Definition: [verb] (of a program) systematically visit (a number of web pages) in order to create an index of data.
Example: its automated software robots crawl websites, grabbing copies of pages to index

Definition: [noun] An act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground.
Example: they began the crawl back to their own lines

Definition: [noun] A swimming stroke involving alternate overarm movements and rapid kicks of the legs.
Example: she could do the crawl and so many other strokes

Definition: [noun] A strip or band running across the bottom of a computer or television screen, within which news headlines, public service announcements, and advertisements are continuously scrolled.