- crawling on all fours
- moving on hands and knees, creeping
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
crawling on all fours
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on all fours — adverb on hands and knees (Freq. 1) he got down on all fours to play with his grandson * * * adverb (or adjective) : in exact correspondence : on the same footing it is not easy to make a simile go on all fours T.B.Macaulay often used with with… … Useful english dictionary
The Family That Walks On All Fours — is a BBC2 documentary that explored the science and the story of five individuals in the Ulas family in Turkey that walk with a previously unreported quadruped gait [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4782492.stm] . The documentary was… … Wikipedia
on all fours — on your hands and knees, crawling around There was Julie, on all fours, looking for her contact lens … English idioms
on all fours — with your hands, knees, and feet on the ground crawling around on all fours … English dictionary
Crawling — is a form of animal locomotion generally involving slow movement along the ground, such as that seen in snakes, snails and earthworms. Various mechanisms are involved, for example earthworms move by peristalsis, while snakes undulate their body… … Wikipedia
crawling — adj. moving along the ground on all fours, moving slowly, creeping n. act of moving along the ground on all fours, moving slowly, creeping krÉ”Ël n. act of crawling (moving along the ground on all fours, creeping); swimming stroke v. creep, move … English contemporary dictionary
crawling — Synonyms and related words: abject, accumbent, alive with, all fours, ambling, amphibian, anguine, atiptoe, atmospherics, backscratching, batrachian, beggarly, blaring, blasting, blind spot, bootlicking, bristling, bursting, cautious, circumspect … Moby Thesaurus
Crawling (human) — Children crawling on the ground during a fire drill in Italy. Babies usually learn to crawl before they develop walking skills. Crawls can refer to the specific gait or to any gait involving the arms and legs. Crawling is used mainly: When he/she … Wikipedia
came crawling — returned on all fours, returned in a submissive manner, returned begging … English contemporary dictionary
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