creep

Etymology
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The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

 * 1)  To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
 * 2)  To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
 * 3)  To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
 * 4)  To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
 * 5) To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
 * 6) To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
 * 7) To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
 * 8) To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
 * 9) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
 * 10)  To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
 * 1)  To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
 * 2) To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
 * 3) To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
 * 4) To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
 * 5) To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
 * 6) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
 * 7)  To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
 * 1) To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
 * 2) To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
 * 3) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
 * 4)  To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
 * 1) To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
 * 2) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
 * 3)  To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
 * 1) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
 * 2)  To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, сте́ля се
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: krybe
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kasvaa maata pitkin
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 伝う
 * Maori: toropā
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: krybe,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 忍び寄る
 * Maori: whakaninihi, tapanihi, whakameto, whakamoke, mōtorotoro, whakatōkihi, ngaweki
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: промъквам се
 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakameto, whakamomoka, whakamoke, whakatōkihi, whakakoko
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: изплъзвам се
 * Finnish:
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: полазват ме тръпки
 * Finnish:, aiheuttaa väristyksiä
 * Portuguese: formigar
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: траля
 * Finnish:

Noun

 * 1) The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
 * 2) A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
 * 3) A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
 * 4)  The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
 * 5)  In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
 * 6)  An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
 * 7)  The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
 * 8)  Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
 * 9)  A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
 * 10)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
 * 1)  The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
 * 2)  Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
 * 3)  A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
 * 4)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
 * 1)  A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
 * 2)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
 * 1)  A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
 * 2)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
 * 1)  A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
 * 2)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
 * 1)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
 * 1)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
 * 1)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
 * 1)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

Derived terms






Translations

 * Bulgarian: пълзене
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: csúszás-mászás
 * Italian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: пълзене
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 潛變,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Kriechen
 * Kazakh: жылжыпсырғымалық
 * Spanish:, deformación por fluencia lenta


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, karmio
 * German:, Widerling
 * Italian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , äckelpotta


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: Widerling
 * Russian: ,
 * Welsh: sbrych