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creep
(krēp)intr.v. crept (krĕpt), creep·ing, creeps
1. To move with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees.
2.
a. To move stealthily or cautiously.
b. To move or proceed very slowly: Traffic creeps at that hour.
3. Botany
a. To grow or spread along a surface, rooting at intervals or clinging by means of suckers or tendrils.
b. To grow horizontally under the ground, as the rhizomes of many plants.
4. To slip out of place; shift gradually.
5. To have a tingling sensation, made by or as if by things moving stealthily: a moan that made my flesh creep.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. The act of creeping; a creeping motion or progress.
2. Slang An annoyingly unpleasant, unsettling, or repulsive person.
3. A slow flow of metal when under high temperature or great pressure.
4. A slow change in a characteristic of electronic equipment, such as a decrease in power with continued usage.
5. A usually unplanned and gradual shift or increase in uses or objectives away from what was originally specified or limited. Often used in combination: the function creep of using social security numbers for general identification purposes; mission creep from a military peacekeeping role to one of providing economic development.
6. Geology The slow movement of rock debris and soil down a weathered slope.
7. creeps Informal A sensation of fear or repugnance, as if things were crawling on one's skin: That house gives me the creeps.
creep out Informal
To cause (someone) to feel fear or repugnance: The scary movie really creeped me out.
[Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan.]
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creep
(kriːp)vb (intr) , creeps, creeping or crept
1. to crawl with the body near to or touching the ground
2. to move slowly, quietly, or cautiously
3. to act in a servile way; fawn; cringe
4. to move or slip out of place, as from pressure or wear
5. (Botany) (of plants) to grow along the ground or over rocks, producing roots, suckers, or tendrils at intervals
6. (of a body or substance) to become permanently deformed as a result of an applied stress, often when combined with heating
7. to develop gradually: creeping unrest.
8. (Physiology) to have the sensation of something crawling over the skin
9. (Metallurgy) (of metals) to undergo slow plastic deformation
n
10. the act of creeping or a creeping movement
11. slang a person considered to be obnoxious or servile
12. the continuous permanent deformation of a body or substance as a result of stress or heat
13. (Geological Science) geology the gradual downwards movement of loose rock material, soil, etc, on a slope
14. (Mechanical Engineering) a slow relative movement of two adjacent parts, structural components, etc
15. (Metallurgy) slow plastic deformation of metals
[Old English crēopan; related to Old Frisian kriāpa, Old Norse krjūpa, Middle Low German krūpen]
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creep
(krip)v. crept or, sometimes, creeped; creep•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to move slowly with the body close to the ground, on hands and knees, or the like.
2. to approach slowly and stealthily (often fol. by up).
3. to advance slowly and often with difficulty: The car crept up the hill.
4. to sneak up behind someone (usu. fol. by up on): The prisoner crept up on the guard and knocked him out.
5. to become evident gradually (often fol. by in or into): The writer's bias creeps into the story.
6. to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant.
7. to slip, slide, or shift gradually.
8. (of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures.
v.t. 9. Archaic. to creep along or over.
n. 10. an act or instance of creeping.
11. Slang. an eccentric or obnoxious person.
12.
a. the gradual movement downhill of loose soil, rock, gravel, etc.; solifluction.
b. the slow deformation of solid rock resulting from constant stress applied over long periods.
13. Mech. the gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress.
14. the creeps, a sensation of fear, disgust, or the like, as of something crawling over the skin: That movie gave me the creeps.
Idioms: make one's flesh creep, to cause one to be frightened or repelled.
[before 900; Middle English crepen, Old English crēopan; c. Old Saxon criopan, Old Norse krjūpa]
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creep
Past participle: crept
Gerund: creeping
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creep
The gradual downslope movement of soil or rock fragments, due to gravity.
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| Noun | 1. |  creep - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentricdisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| 2. | creep - a slow longitudinal movement or deformation change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something | |
| 3. | creep - a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot pen - an enclosure for confining livestock | |
| 4. |  creep - 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"locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement | |
| Verb | 1. | creep - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" formicate - crawl about like ants |
| 2. | creep - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" | |
| 3. | creep - grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings" | |
| 4. | creep - show submission or fear |
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creep
verb
noun
1. (Slang) bootlicker (informal), sneak, sycophant, crawler (slang), toady, brown-noser (taboo slang), ass-kisser (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang) He's a smug, sanctimonious little creep.
creep to someone grovel to, pander to, suck up to (informal), kiss someone's ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), brown-nose (taboo slang), scrape to, kowtow to, fawn on, toady to, truckle to, insinuate yourself with I can't stand the way he creeps to the bosses.
give someone the creeps (Informal) disgust, frighten, scare, terrify, horrify, repel, repulse, make you wince, make your hair stand on end, make you squirm, make you flinch, scare the bejesus out of (informal), make you quail, make you shrink I've always hated that painting. It gives me the creeps.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
creep
verb2. To move silently and furtively:
Slang: gumshoe.
4. To experience a repugnant tingling sensation:
A very slow rate of speed:
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Translations
زحفشَخْص مُقْرِفيَتَعَرَّشيَزْحَفُيَزحَفُ
plížit sepopínat sehnusákplazit se
krybelistelortskideriksnige
hiipiähyypiökyylämadellamatelu
gmizatišuljati se
læîastskríîaskríîa, klifra
こっそり歩くはう這う
기다살금살금 움직이다
glumikislēni kustētieslīstrāpotvilkties
hnusobapopínať sa
plaziti seprihuliti se
smygaklängakrypa
เคลื่อนที่อย่างช้าๆคลาน
bòbò trườn
creep
[kriːp] (crept (pt, pp))A. VI
1. [animal] → deslizarse, arrastrarse; [plant] → trepar
2. [person] (stealthily) → ir cautelosamente; (slowly) → ir muy despacio
to creep in/out/up/down → entrar/salir/subir/bajar sigilosamente
to creep about on tiptoe → andar a or de puntillas
to creep along [traffic] → avanzar a paso de tortuga
to creep up on sb → acercarse sigilosamente a algn
to creep in/out/up/down → entrar/salir/subir/bajar sigilosamente
to creep about on tiptoe → andar a or de puntillas
to creep along [traffic] → avanzar a paso de tortuga
to creep up on sb → acercarse sigilosamente a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
creep
[ˈkriːp] [crept] [ˈkrɛpt] (pt, pp) vi
[plant] → grimper
npl
to give sb the creeps → donner la chair de poule à qn, faire froid dans le dos à qn
It gives me the creeps → Ça me donne la chair de poule., Ça me fait froid dans le dos.
to give sb the creeps → donner la chair de poule à qn, faire froid dans le dos à qn
It gives me the creeps → Ça me donne la chair de poule., Ça me fait froid dans le dos.
creep up
(= increase) [prices, rate, number] → grimpercreep up on
vt (= approach stealthily) to creep up on sb → s'approcher de qn à pas de loupCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
creep
vb: pret, ptp <crept>vi
(= move quietly or slowly) → schleichen; (with the body close to the ground, insects) → kriechen; (plants, horizontally) → kriechen; (vertically) → klettern, sich ranken; ivy is a creeping plant → Efeu ist eine Kletterpflanze; creeping paralysis → schleichende Lähmung; creeping inflation → schleichende Inflation; the water level crept higher and higher → der Wasserspiegel kletterte immer höher
the story made my flesh creep → bei der Geschichte überlief es mich kalt or bekam ich eine Gänsehaut
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
creep
[kriːp] (crept (vb: pt, pp))1. vi (animal) → strisciare; (plant) → arrampicarsi; (person, stealthily) → avanzare furtivamente; (slowly) → avanzare lentamente
to creep in/out → entrare/uscire quatto/a quatto/a
to creep up on sb → avvicinarsi quatto/a quatto/a a qn (fig) (old age) → cogliere qn alla sprovvista
a feeling of peace crept over him → lo avvolse un senso di pace
it made my flesh creep → mi fece accapponare la pelle
an error has crept in → ci è scappato un errore
to creep in/out → entrare/uscire quatto/a quatto/a
to creep up on sb → avvicinarsi quatto/a quatto/a a qn (fig) (old age) → cogliere qn alla sprovvista
a feeling of peace crept over him → lo avvolse un senso di pace
it made my flesh creep → mi fece accapponare la pelle
an error has crept in → ci è scappato un errore
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
creep1
(kriːp) – past tense past participle crept (krept) – verb1. to move slowly, quietly or secretly. He crept into the bedroom.
2. to move on hands or knees or with the body close to the ground. The cat crept towards the bird.
3. (of plants) to grow along the ground, up a wall etc.
creep2
(kriːp) noun (slang) a disgusting person. Leave her alone, you creep.
ˈcreeper noun a creeping plant.
ˈcreepy adjective causing feelings of fear etc. The house is rather creepy at night.
ˈcreepily adverbˈcreepiness noun
ˌcreepy-ˈcrawly – plural ˌcreepy-ˈcrawlies – noun
a small creeping insect.
creep up on to approach slowly and stealthily. Old age creeps up on us all.
make someone's flesh creep to scare or horrify someone.
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creep
→ يَزْحَفُ plazit se, plížit se krybe kriechen, schleichen έρπω arrastrarse, moverse lentamente, moverse sigilosamente hiipiä ramper gmizati, šuljati se avanzare furtivamente, strisciare こっそり歩く, はう 기다, 살금살금 움직이다 kruipen, sluipen krype skradać się andar devagar, arrastar-se, rastejar красться, ползти krypa, smyga เคลื่อนที่อย่างช้าๆ, คลาน geçmek, sessizce çıkmak bò, bò trườn 悄悄地缓慢前进, 爬行Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009