Creep

Creep
Creep Creep (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[e^]pt) ({Crope} (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre['o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple}, {Crouch}.] 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. [1913 Webster]

Ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness. [1913 Webster]

The whining schoolboy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Like a guilty thing, I creep. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

3. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us. [1913 Webster]

The sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. --2. Tim. iii. 6. [1913 Webster]

4. To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep. [1913 Webster]

5. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant. [1913 Webster]

To come as humbly as they used to creep. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

6. To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length. ``Creeping vines.'' --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See {Crawl}, v. i., 4. [1913 Webster]

8. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Creep — may refer to: CREEP, the Committee for the Re Election of the President, associated with the Watergate scandal of U.S. president Nixon s administration. Creep (project management), the jeopardizing of a project s initial objectives by an increase …   Wikipedia

  • Creep — «Creep» Сингл Radiohead Выпущен 1992, 1993, 1996 Формат CD, CD card, Jukebox 7 vinyl, 12 , аудиокассета …   Википедия

  • Creep — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Creep puede referirse a las siguientes acepciones: Creep (canción de Radiohead): canción del grupo británico, Radiohead. Creep (canción de Stone Temple Pilots): canción del grupo grunge, Stone Temple Pilots. Creep… …   Wikipedia Español

  • creep — vb Creep, crawl mean to move slowly along a surface in a prone or crouching position. Creep is more often used of quadrupeds or of human beings who move on all fours and proceed slowly, stealthily, or silently {a baby creeps before it walks}… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • creep — Ⅰ. creep UK US /kriːp/ verb [I] ► to change very slowly, especially to increase: »Fuel prices dropped in April, but they are starting to creep higher now. Ⅱ. creep UK US /kriːp/ noun [U] ► slow and gradual change, especially when something… …   Financial and business terms

  • creep´i|ly — creep|y «KREE pee», adjective, creep|i|er, creep|i|est. 1. having a feeling of horror, as if things were creeping over one s skin; frightened: »Ghost stories make some children creepy …   Useful english dictionary

  • creep|y — «KREE pee», adjective, creep|i|er, creep|i|est. 1. having a feeling of horror, as if things were creeping over one s skin; frightened: »Ghost stories make some children creepy …   Useful english dictionary

  • Creep — Creep, n. 1. The act or process of creeping. [1913 Webster] 2. A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects. [1913 Webster] A creep of undefinable horror. Blackwood s Mag. [1913 Webster] Out of the stillness …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Creep — (engl. fließen, kriechen, schleichen) bezeichnet: einen Horrorfilm aus dem Jahr 2004, siehe Creep (Film) eine Single der Band Radiohead, siehe Creep (Lied) eine Single der R n B Gruppe TLC im technischen Sinne das „Kriechen“ von Materialien siehe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • creep — ● creep ou creeping nom masculin (anglais to creep, ramper, ou creeping, reptation) Lente descente du sol, consistant en une infinité de petits déplacements des particules meubles, les unes par rapport aux autres, sous l effet de la pesanteur et… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”