Cringe — grovel (5)
I believe the answer is:
crawl
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">This clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">cringe</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that cringe can be written as crawl)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">grovel</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that grovel can be written as crawl)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for crawl that I've seen before include "Move as snakes do, or on hands and knees" , "Make no haste" , "Move slowly (as a baby does?)" , "Slow advance" , "Baby-like advance" .)