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to creep
01
ползти
to move slowly and quietly while staying close to the ground or other surface
Intransitive: to creep to a direction
Примеры
The spider, with delicate precision, began to creep across the ceiling.
Паук, с деликатной точностью, начал ползти по потолку.
02
красться, подкрадываться
to move slowly and quietly, especially in order to avoid being noticed or to approach someone unnoticed
Intransitive: to creep to a direction
Примеры
As the detective observed the suspect's hideout, he saw a shadowy figure creep along the alley.
Когда детектив наблюдал за убежищем подозреваемого, он увидел, как теневая фигура крадется по переулку.
03
ползти, медленно расти
to grow slowly along the ground or another surface, typically by extending stems or branches
Intransitive: to creep to a direction
Примеры
The vines of the pumpkin plant started to creep across the garden.
Лозы тыквенного растения начали ползти по саду.
04
пресмыкаться, подлизываться
to act or behave in a servile manner, often characterized by exaggerated humility
Intransitive: to creep | to creep to sb
Примеры
The employee would always creep to the boss, offering constant compliments and nodding excessively to gain favor.
Сотрудник всегда подлизывался к начальнику, предлагая постоянные комплименты и чрезмерно кивая, чтобы завоевать расположение.
05
ползти, постепенно распространяться
(of something) to slowly and steadily spread or move, often in a way that is hard to notice at first
Примеры
The fog crept across the valley at dawn.
Туман полз по долине на рассвете.
Creep
01
a slow movement of the body, typically on hands and knees, or by dragging oneself along the ground
Примеры
The toddler made a cautious creep across the floor.
02
an enclosure, usually fenced, that allows young animals to enter but prevents adults from accessing it
Примеры
The farmer placed lambs in a creep to keep them safe.
03
a slow, continuous, and often imperceptible movement or deformation of a material under stress
Примеры
The metal beam showed signs of creep under constant load.
04
жуткий тип, тревожная личность
a person whose behavior is disturbing or makes others uncomfortable
Offensive
SlangПримеры
That creep kept following me down the street.
05
постепенное развитие
the gradual, often subtle development or spread of a phenomenon, condition, or change
Примеры
There was a creep of bureaucracy in the organization.
