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CREEP, v.i. [Gr., the sense is to catch, to grapple; L., to scrape or scratch.] 1. To move with the belly on the ground, or the surface of any other body, as a worm or serpent without legs, or as many insects with feet and very short legs; to crawl.2. To move along the ground, or on the surface of any other body, in growth, as a vine; to grow along.3. To move slowly, feebly or timorously; as an old or infirm man, who creeps about his chamber.4. To move slowly and insensibly, as time.To morrow, and to morrow, and to morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day.5. To move secretly; to move so as to escape detection, or prevent suspicion.Of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead away captive silly women. 2 Timothy 3.6. To steal in; to move forward unheard and unseen; to come or enter unexpectedly or unobserved; as, some error has crept into the copy of a history.7. To move or behave with servility; to fawn.
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CREEP, v.i. [Gr., the sense is to catch, to grapple; L., to scrape or scratch.] 1. To move with the belly on the ground, or the surface of any other body, as a worm or serpent without legs, or as many insects with feet and very short legs; to crawl.2. To move along the ground, or on the surface of any other body, in growth, as a vine; to grow along.3. To move slowly, feebly or timorously; as an old or infirm man, who creeps about his chamber.4. To move slowly and insensibly, as time.To morrow, and to morrow, and to morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day.5. To move secretly; to move so as to escape detection, or prevent suspicion.Of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead away captive silly women. 2 Timothy 3.6. To steal in; to move forward unheard and unseen; to come or enter unexpectedly or unobserved; as, some error has crept into the copy of a history.7. To move or behave with servility; to fawn. |
CREEP, v.i. [pret. and pp. crept. Sax. creopan, crypan; W. crepian, cropian; D. kruipen; Sw. krypa, to creep; Dan. kryben, a creeping; Ir. dreapam; Sp. and Port. trepar; L. repo; Gr. ερπω. The sense is, to catch, to grapple; and the latter is from the same root, Welsh, crapiaw, allied to L. rapio, and to W. cripian, to scrape or scratch. Class Rb.]- To move with the belly on the ground, or the surface of any other body, as a worm or serpent without legs, or as many insects with feet and very short legs; to crawl.
- To move along the ground, or on the surface of any other body, in growth, as a vine; to grow along.
- To move slowly, feebly or timorously; as, an old or infirm man, who creeps about his chamber.
- To move slowly and insensibly, as time.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. – Shak.
- To move secretly; to move so as to escape detection, or prevent suspicion.
Of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. 2 Tim. iii.
- To steal in; to move forward unheard and unseen; to come or enter unexpectedly or unobserved; as, some error has crept into the copy of a history.
- To move or behave with servility; to fawn. – Shak.
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Creep
- 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.
- The act or process of creeping.
- To move slowly, feebly, or timorously,
as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.
- A distressing sensation, or sound,
like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.
- 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.
- A slow rising of the
floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent
strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining
ground.
- 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.
- To move or behave with servility or
exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping
sycophant.
- 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.
- 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.
- To drag in deep water with creepers,
as for recovering a submarine cable.
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Creep CREEP, verb intransitive [Gr., the sense is to catch, to grapple; Latin , to scrape or scratch.] 1. To move with the belly on the ground, or the surface of any other body, as a worm or serpent without legs, or as many insects with feet and very short legs; to crawl. 2. To move along the ground, or on the surface of any other body, in growth, as a vine; to grow along. 3. To move slowly, feebly or timorously; as an old or infirm man, who creeps about his chamber. 4. To move slowly and insensibly, as time. To morrow, and to morrow, and to morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day. 5. To move secretly; to move so as to escape detection, or prevent suspicion. Of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead away captive silly women. 2 Timothy 3:6. 6. To steal in; to move forward unheard and unseen; to come or enter unexpectedly or unobserved; as, some error has crept into the copy of a history. 7. To move or behave with servility; to fawn. |
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