Is crawled a noun

Answer 1

No, the word 'crawled' is the past tense of the verb to crawl (crawls, crawling, crawled).

The noun forms of the verb to crawl are crawl, crawler, and the gerund, crawling.

Answer 2

Yes, the word 'crawl' is both a verb and a noun.

The noun 'crawl' is a word for:

• an instance of moving on hands and knees close to the ground;
• the creeping motion of an animal or an insect;
• a type of swimming stroke;
• an extremely slow movement;
• a band of information running across the bottom of a computer or television screen;
• a social activity that consists of going to a series of related establishments;
• a word for a thing.

The noun forms of the verb to crawl are crawler and the gerund, crawling.