"becrawl" meaning in English

See becrawl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: becrawls [present, singular, third-person], becrawling [participle, present], becrawled [participle, past], becrawled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: From be- (“about, all over”) + crawl. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|crawl|t1=about, all over}} be- (“about, all over”) + crawl Head templates: {{en-verb}} becrawl (third-person singular simple present becrawls, present participle becrawling, simple past and past participle becrawled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To crawl about; crawl all over. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-becrawl-en-verb-lHde5Rkl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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