"acrawl" meaning in English

See acrawl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: a- + crawl Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|crawl}} a- + crawl Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} acrawl (not comparable)
  1. Crawling. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-acrawl-en-adj-WEd~I~eC Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 58 42
  2. Full of or covered (with something that crawls or moves as if crawling). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: crawling, teeming
    Sense id: en-acrawl-en-adj-2PntVNVw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

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          "ref": "1912, Jack London, chapter 8, in Smoke Bellew, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 201",
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          "ref": "1962, Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, London: Picador, published 1976, Part 3, p. 164",
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