crawl with

verb

To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.

“The kitchen was crawling with cockroaches.”

Meanings

verbcrawl with (third-person singular simple present crawls with, present participle crawling with, simple past and past participle crawled with)

present singular third person crawls with · participle present crawling with · participle past crawled with · past crawled with

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.

    The kitchen was crawling with cockroaches.

    1 more example

    The scene of the incident was crawling with reporters for days afterwards.

    Synonyms: teem with, pullulate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.

Also see

Translations

German wimmeln
  • wimmelnTranslations
Russian кише́ть, кишмя́ кише́ть
  • кише́ть (kišétʹ)Translations
  • кишмя́ кише́ть (kišmjá kišétʹ)Translations
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APA

crawl with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawl%20with

MLA

“crawl with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawl%20with. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crawl with,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawl%20with.

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