Crawling is to move in a slow, creeping fashion, usually dragging the body along the ground by using the hands and knees. The term is often used to describe the motion of infants, or to describe the motion of a particularly slow process.
In swimming, a front crawl is one of techniques used to propel oneself in water.
In television, a news crawl is a moving line of text usually put at the bottom of the screen.
To crawl the World Wide Web or a similar medium is to visit a large number of sites, following many or all hyperlinks. The term is often used to describe how search engines gather their data. See also web crawler.
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Crawling is a slow creeping mode of locomotion, consisting of forward motion with weight supported by the infant'shands (or forearms) and knees.
From the infant's perspective, it has several advantages over crawling: it can leave one arm free, it allows better visibility, and the baby is already in a sitting position when she reaches her destination.
Crawling is a form of moving around by some animals, and, in some cases humans, generally involving slow movement on all limbs.
Crawling is not considered a developmental milestone by doctors.
Crawling is not essential -- in fact, most books have removed it as a ''milestone'' in baby's development.
I know some babies never crawl, but I also understand it it isn't great for their development to go directly to walking and to not develop that kind of coordinatin and muscle strength.
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