creep
creep
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krip
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "creep"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āϚ⧁āĻĒāĻŋāϚ⧁āĻĒāĻŋ āϚāϞāĻž

to move slowly and quietly while staying close to the ground or other surface
Intransitive: to creep to a direction
to creep definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the garden, the inchworm started to creep along the stem of the flower.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇, āχāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžāρāϟāĻž āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϚ⧁āĻĒāĻŋāϚ⧁āĻĒāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move slowly and quietly, especially in order to avoid being noticed or to approach someone unnoticed
Intransitive: to creep to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the detective observed the suspect's hideout, he saw a shadowy figure creep along the alley.
āĻĄāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ⧇āϰ āφāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ—āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to grow slowly along the ground or another surface, typically by extending stems or branches
Intransitive: to creep to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vines of the pumpkin plant started to creep across the garden.
āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āϞāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϤ⧋āώāĻžāĻŽā§‹āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–ā§‹āϏāĻžāĻŽā§‹āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to act or behave in a servile manner, often characterized by exaggerated humility
Intransitive: to creep | to creep to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actor, eager to impress the director, would creep on set.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻž, āϏ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

(of something) to slowly and steadily spread or move, often in a way that is hard to notice at first
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The influence of new technology crept into every part of the business.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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a slow movement of the body, typically on hands and knees, or by dragging oneself along the ground

creep definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Soldiers practiced a silent creep during training exercises.
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an enclosure, usually fenced, that allows young animals to enter but prevents adults from accessing it

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Young calves were fed in the creep while adults grazed elsewhere.
03

a slow, continuous, and often imperceptible movement or deformation of a material under stress

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers measured the creep of the bridge supports.
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āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ­ā§€āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a person whose behavior is disturbing or makes others uncomfortable
Offensive
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She called him a creep after his strange comments.
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the gradual, often subtle development or spread of a phenomenon, condition, or change

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city experienced a creep of urban development into rural areas.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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