creep
noun
- 1
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
the traffic moved at a creep
- 2
a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- 3
a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- 4
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
- 1
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
- 2
to go stealthily or furtively
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
- 3
grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings
- 4
show submission or fear
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