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During this period of transcription, perhaps certain anachronisms and historical inaccuracies may have crept into the text.

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Unfortunately, a bug has crept into the adapted code, leading to a black hole.

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Chapter 2 describes the digital encoding process, and in a valiant attempt to make the explanations simple, some unusual problems have crept in.

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All that is basically true, but a fundamental error crept in when the jazz writers sought to explain how and why these two black communities came together.

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Such deficits could lead to difficulties in performing the motor sequencing presumably involved in the production of the final consonant clusters found in many inflected forms (looked, stalked, kept, crept).

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Despite an attempt at rationalizing the fiscal system, the politics of votes, threats and bargaining appears to have crept into even the institutions specifically designed to overcome such politicization.

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Compared to speaking, the absolute number and percentage of omissions are so high that one may reasonably expect such errors to have crept in, if they existed.

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Inaccuracies could have crept in here.

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The two test verbs, designated as irregular by the experimenter, were modelled on genuine verb alternations : pell\pold (cf. sell\sold) and streep\strept (cf. creep\crept).

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I would like to correct one error which has crept into the debate.

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Unfortunately, some management gobbledegook has crept in too; things like, "360 degree feedback".

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A sort of fatalism seems to have crept into those areas as if they are driven by forces totally beyond their control.

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I was afraid that some reference to a reduction in arms might have crept into his remarks.

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I am still astonished how it has crept up on us, almost unnoticed.

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Perhaps reality crept in towards the early 1990s, when it was, to some extent, realised that such an attitude was mistaken.

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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024How to use crept in a sentenceThis was music that had to be crept up on, music to be learned from the ground up.Digging the Gold in Dylan’s ‘Basement’ | Malcolm Jones | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It just crept up on me that the grace period is over,” Mulaney says about his subway-chase revelation that he was getting older.Is John Mulaney the Next Seinfeld? | Kevin Fallon | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt one point, my friends and I crept to my car with four giant kitchen knives in hand.Sororities Finally Take Back the Night | Kelsey Meany | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs dawned crept over the eastern hills, Taita Morales and the other shamans called us inside.Spirit Tripping With Colombian Shamans | Chris Allbritton | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the 60s, the top crept up, revealing the naval for the first time.Is the Facekini the Future of Beachwear? | Justin Jones | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDrowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAll felt strangely as if something evil had crept into their lives, and their excitement was great.The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxA sense of inferiority crept over him, as on the first day of his arrival at Alexandria.The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe leaves were motionless, the river crept past without a murmur, the dark hills rose out of the distant desert like a wave.The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodFinally, his predicament became so awkward that an expression of distress crept into his face.The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxSee More ExamplesBritish Dictionary definitions for creptcrept/ (krɛpt) /verbthe past tense and past participle of creepCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition

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The past tense of creep meaning "to move slowly" can be crept or creeped, with creeped being the less common word. However, in the context of creep out (referring to the sensation of creepy things), the past tense is always creeped out.

Oh, the colorful past (tenses) creep has had! There's been creeped, crep, crop, crope, crup, and even, um, crap.

Although the past tense of 'creep' as in "to move slowly" is in flux, the past tense of 'creep out' as in "to make uncomfortable from fear" is always 'creeped out.'

'Creeped' and 'Crept'

Despite all that wonderful variety, crept has been the dominant past tense (and past participle) form since the 16th century: "They crept down the stairs an hour ago, and now they have crept back up."

But since the 1970s, creeped has been showing impressive gains in published, edited text, and we're finding increasing evidence of it where formerly only crept could readily be found:

The [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] released a series of images and animations on Monday featuring the moon's shadow as it creeped across the lower 48 states. — Andrew Freedman, Mashable, 21 Aug. 2017

… Malta—the tiny Mediterranean island just 50 miles south of Sicily—probably hasn’t creeped its way onto your travel bucket list. — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2017

Lopez's pitch count creeped past his maximum velocity and he was pulled after allowing those two runs, four hits and three walks with six strikeouts on 102 pitches covering six innings. — Paul Skrbina, The Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2017

In each of these examples, crept could just as well be expected. But there is a particular use in which creeped is the preferred past tense form. In fact, it's the only past tense form:

A 1997 edition of "The Bad Seed" comes adorned with a photograph of a macabre doll that bears an odd resemblance to a girl I sat next to in fifth grade. A girl who creeped me out. — Joe Queenan, The New York Times Book Review, 6 Dec. 2009

Creeped Out

In this example, creep isn't its usual self. It's combining with out to form a phrasal verb. (Quick review: a phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb—or both—that conveys its own meaning. Creep out is a phrasal verb in "That story creeps me out," but is a regular verb followed by a preposition in "The chipmunk is creeping out of its hole"; in the latter one, the creep and the out are just doing what they normally do as independent actors.)

We don't know why the phrasal verb creep out always forms its past tense (and past participle) with creeped. The phrasal verb is an extension of a 500-year-old verb meaning ("to have the sensation of being covered with creeping things") that is no more likely to form its past tense as creeped than any of the other senses. But something about the late-20th century phrasal verb just seems to demand creeped.

One possible influence is another verb that is only a few decades older:

I couldn't answer the telephone; I seemed unable to achieve the animal happiness of people on TV, so I had to stop watching it; mirrors freaked me out; I read every Agatha Christie book; I once thought I'd lost my shadow. I was on automatic pilot. — Douglas Coupland, Generation X, 1991

Freak out dates at least as far back as the 1960s, and can appear in similar contexts as creep out. Could it be that the past tense form of freak out as freaked out made creeped out just sound right somehow? We don't know, but the idea doesn't creep or freak us out at all.

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Slow and moving slowly

(as) slow as molasses idiom

at a snail's pace idiom

by and by idiom

by degrees idiom

claw

claw your way (somewhere) idiom

crawl

hang around

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Fear has crept into the foreign exchange markets: fear of central banks.

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Their studies had been underpowered, which meant that false-positive results may have crept into the literature.

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While she slept, someone crept into the apartment and snatched her, police and prosecutors say.

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At night, women crept away into the hills, dressing their sons as girls, to escape.

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As people started burning more natural gas, gas prices crept up.

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Ultraviolet light broke down the oil as it crept toward land.

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In a modest backlash against digitization, record sales in the last couple of years have crept up to their highest levels since the format's heyday.

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What if they'd crept around the bellies of cars and hugged all the shining buildings?

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She rose from the bathroom floor and crept upstairs.

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And a certain sloppiness of action has lately crept over the federal bench.

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When they crept up impatiently in anticipation of the light turning green, we stayed put.

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A key reason people started to switch to carry-on was to avoid baggage charges that have also crept up in price in recent years.

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Since this fundamental misunderstanding has crept into almost every theory of dog behavior, it will be the first to be addressed in this book.

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Oil prices have rallied recently amid hopes for an output deal, but some doubts have crept in.

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Personal parts of his life often crept into his work too.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

(creep 的過去式及過去分詞)…

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creep الفِعل الماضي والتصريف الثالِث مِن…

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“creep”의 과거, 과거 분사형…

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crept  (krĕpt)v.Past tense and past participle of creep.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.crept (krɛpt) vb the past tense and past participle of creepCollins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014creep (krip) v. crept or, sometimes, creeped; creep•ing, n. v.i. 1. to move slowly with the body close to the ground, on hands and knees, or the like. 2. to approach slowly and stealthily (often fol. by up). 3. to advance slowly and often with difficulty: The car crept up the hill. 4. to sneak up behind someone (usu. fol. by up on): The prisoner crept up on the guard and knocked him out. 5. to become evident gradually (often fol. by in or into): The writer's bias creeps into the story. 6. to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant. 7. to slip, slide, or shift gradually. 8. (of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures. v.t. 9. Archaic. to creep along or over. n. 10. an act or instance of creeping. 11. Slang. an eccentric or obnoxious person. 12. a. the gradual movement downhill of loose soil, rock, gravel, etc.; solifluction. b. the slow deformation of solid rock resulting from constant stress applied over long periods. 13. Mech. the gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress. 14. the creeps, a sensation of fear, disgust, or the like, as of something crawling over the skin: That movie gave me the creeps. Idioms: make one's flesh creep, to cause one to be frightened or repelled. [before 900; Middle English crepen, Old English crēopan; c. Old Saxon criopan, Old Norse krjūpa] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

Translationscreep2 (kriːp) noun (slang) a disgusting person. Leave her alone, you creep. buffel شَخْص مُقْرِف изрод pessoa desagradável hnusák Depp ækel fyr; lort; skiderik παλιάνθρωποςcanalla, despreciable, asqueroso jobu آدم تنفر انگیز hyypiö טִיפוּס מַגעִיל सर्पण ljigavac ellenszenves ember,„szemétláda{”} orang yang menjijikkan いやなやつ 싫은 녀석 bjaurybė glumiķis sipengampu engerdkryp, eklingświnia, gnojek تنفر انګیزه کس подонок hnusoba ostudnež, gnusoba čudak äckel[potta] บุคคลที่น่ารังเกียจ dalkavuk, yağcı (俚)令人不齒的傢伙 гидота مكروه انسان người luồn lọt (俚)讨厌的家伙 ˈcreeper noun a creeping plant. rank plant نَبات مُتَسَلِّـق пълзящо растение trepadeira popínavá rostlina die Kletterpflanze slyngplante αναρριχητικό φυτό planta trepadora ronitaim خزنده köynnöskasvi plante grimpante צֶמָח מְטַפֵּס लता, वर्तिका puzavica kúszónövény tanaman rambat skriðjurt pianta rampicante つる植物 덩굴 식물 vijoklis vīteņaugs; staipeknis pohon menjalar klimplantslyngplante, kryp- pnącze خزنده trepadeira plantă agăţă­­toare ползучее растение popínavá rastlina plazilka biljka puzavica klängväxt ไม้เลื้อย tırmanıcı bitki 蔓生植物 повзуча рослина بيل cây leo 葡匐植物ˈcreepy adjective causing feelings of fear etc. The house is rather creepy at night. kriewelrig مُقْشَعِر، مُخيف зловещ assustador strašidelný gruselig uhyggelig ανατριχιαστικόςhorripilante, escalofriante, que pone la piel de gallina õudne, jube چندش آور karmiva qui donne la chair de poule מפחיד लोमहर्षी strašan hátborzongató menakutkan hrollvekjandi, óhugnanlegur raccapricciante ぞっとする 섬뜩한 baugus, šiurpus, keliantis baimę, šiurpulį šaušalīgs; tirpas uzdzenošs menakutkan griezelignifs, uhyggelig, skrekk-przerażający ویروونکی assustador care dă fiori наводящий жуть strašidelný strašljiv jeziv kuslig, ruskig, hemsk น่ากลัว tüyler ürpertici, korkunç 令人毛骨悚然的 моторошний خوفزده كرنيوالا rùng mình 令人毛骨悚然的ˈcreepily adverb kriewelrigheid بصورة مُقَشْعِره страховито assustadoramente strašidelně gruselig uhyggeligt ανατριχιαστικά horripilantemente, escalofriantemente õudselt, jubedalt بطور چندش آور karmivasti à donner la chair de poule בְּצוּרָה מַפחִידָה लोमहर्षित ढंग से strašno hátborzongatóan menakutkan með hrollvekjandi hætti in maniera raccapricciante ぞっとして 섬뜩하게 жутко šaušalīgi keadaan menyeramkan griezelignifst, uhyggelig w sposób wywołujący przerażenie د ویری په ډول assustadoramente înfiorător жутко hrôzyplne strašljivo jezivo kusligt, ruskigt อย่างน่ากลัว tüyler ürpertici bir şekilde 令人毛骨悚然地 моторошно آهست‍ہ آهست‍ہ چلت‍ے هو‍ۓ một cách rùng mình 令人毛骨悚然地ˈcreepiness noun kriewelrigheid شعور القَـشْتعَـريره страховитост susto děsivost das Gruselige uhygge ανατριχίλα horripilancia õudus, jubedus چندش آوری karmivuus caractère effrayant הָטָלַת אֵימָה लोमहर्ष užas borzongás keadaan menakutkan óhugnanlegheit orrore 気味悪さ 섬뜩함 жуть pielīšana keseraman griezeligheid uhyggeokropność له ویری سره susto aspect înfricoşător жуть desivosť strašljivost jezivost kuslighet, ruskighet ความน่ากลัว tüyler ürperticilik 令人毛骨悚然 моторошність; жахливість خوف، رينگن‍ے کی صلاحیت sự rùng mình 令人感到毛骨悚然ˌcreepy-ˈcrawly – plural ˌcreepy-ˈcrawlies – noun a small creeping insect. grillige gogga حَشَرة زاحِفَـه буболечка animal rastejante drobný hmyz, brouk das Kriechtier kryb; dyr med mange ben; insekt ζωύφιοreptil, bicho reptador sitikad ja satikad حشرۀ موذی چندش آور ötökkä bestioleחרק रेंगने वाला कीड़ा ljigav csúszómászó serangga skordÿr insettuncolo はう虫 기는 벌레 rėplys, šliuželis rāpojošs kukainis sejenis serangga ongediertesmåkryprobak ویره animal rastejante insectă târâ­toare ползучая тварь drobný hmyz žuželka akrep kryp แมลงที่ไต่ยั้วเยี้ย küçük sürünen bir böcek 爬行昆蟲 гад повзучий ایک چهوٹ‍ا رینگن‍ے والا کی‍ڑا loài côn trùng kinh dị 爬行的昆虫creep up on to approach slowly and stealthily. Old age creeps up on us all. bekruip يَزحف، يقْتَرب خِلسَـةَ идва без да я усетим esgueirar-se připlížit se k herannahen sniger sig ind på πλησιάζω αθόρυβα acechar, acercar ligi hiilima آهسته و پنهانی رسیدن lähestyä huomaamatta surprendre מִזדָחֵל אֶל चोरी-छिपे पहुंचना lagano se približavati lassan, de biztosan eljön merangkak læðast að sorprendere しのび寄る 살금살금 몰레 접근하다 atsėlinti, atslinkti piezagties merangkak perlahan-lahan besluipen snike/liste seg innpå skradać się په کراره او پټ رسیدل a se apropia pe nesimţite подкрадываться priplaziť sa priplaziti se prikradati se smyga sig på ย่องเข้ามาหาอย่างช้า ๆ และเงียบ sezdirmeden yaklaşmak 慢慢而偷偷地接近 підкрадатися دب‍ے پاؤں قريب آنا tiến lại gần 慢慢而偷偷地接近make someone's flesh creep to scare or horrify someone. maak kriewelrig, laat ys, laat hoendervleis kry يَقْشَعِرُّ له البدَن тръпки ме побиват causar arrepios vyděsit eine Gänsehaut verursachen give myrekryb κάνω κπ. να ανατριχιάσει poner la piel de gallina, poner los pelos de punta hirmutama, surmani ära kohutama مشمئز کردن؛ به چندش آوردن säikäyttää donner la chair de poule לְצַמרֵר डराना prestrašiti libabőrös lesz menakut-nakuti valda e-m hrolli far accapponare la pelle, far venire la pelle d'oca ぞっとさせる (~을) 놀라게 하다 (su)kelti siaubą, šiurpą uzdzīt tirpas/šermuļus menakutkan iemand doen rillen få det til å gå kaldt nedover ryggen på noen przerażać, przyprawiać o gęsią skórkę وارخطا كول causar arrepios a i se face pielea de găină почувствовать мурашки по телу vydesiť prestrašiti (koga) naježiti se skrämma ngn, få ngn att rysa ทำให้ผู้อื่นกลัว insanın tüylerini ürpertmek 嚇唬,令人汗毛直豎 примусити здригнутися سخت خوفزده كردينا، رونگ‍ٹ‍ے كه‍ڑ‍ے كر دينا làm ai khiếp sợ 吓唬,令人汗毛直竖 Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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From the verb creep: (⇒ conjugate)crept is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflectionsv past v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024crept /krɛpt/USA pronunciation  

v. pt. and pp. of creep.

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(krept),USA pronunciation v. pt. and pp. of creep. 

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crept /krɛpt/ vb the past tense and past participle of creep

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024creep /krip/USA pronunciation  

v., crept/krɛpt/USA pronunciation   or, sometimes, creeped; creep•ing, n. v.  to move slowly with the body close to the ground, on hands and knees:[no object]The baby crept along on the carpet.

to approach slowly and without being noticed:[~ + up]He crept up to the door.

[no object] to go forward slowly and often with difficulty: The car crept up the hill.

[~ + up + on + object] to sneak up behind someone: The prisoner crept up on the guard.

[~ + in/into + object] to become noticed slowly over time: The writer's bias creeps into the story.

Botany[no object] (of a plant) to grow along the ground, a wall, etc.

n. [countable] Slang TermsSlang. a peculiar or disgusting person.

Informal Terms the creeps, a sensation of fear, disgust, or the like, as of something crawling over the skin: That movie gave me the creeps.

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Idioms make one's flesh creep, to cause one to be frightened or disgusted:That horror movie will make your flesh creep.See crawl.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024creep 

(krēp),USA pronunciation v., crept, creep•ing, n. v.i.  to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.

to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily (often fol. by up):We crept up and peeked over the wall.

to move or advance slowly or gradually:The automobile crept up the hill. Time just seems to creep along on these hot summer days.

to sneak up behind someone or without someone's knowledge (usually fol. by up on):The prisoners crept up on the guard and knocked him out.

to enter or become evident inconspicuously, gradually, or insidiously (often fol. by in or into:) The writer's personal bias occasionally creeps into the account.

to move or behave timidly or servilely.

to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant.

to advance or develop gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else:creeping inflation; creeping socialism.

to slip, slide, or shift gradually; become displaced.

Metallurgy(of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures.

Nautical, Naval Termsto grapple (usually fol. by for):The ships crept for their anchor chains.

v.t.  [Archaic.]to creep along or over.

Idioms make one's flesh creep, to be frightening or repellent; cause one to experience uneasiness:The eerie stories made our flesh creep.

n.  an act or instance of creeping.

Slang Termsa boring, disturbingly eccentric, painfully introverted, or obnoxious person.

Slang Termsan intelligence or counterintelligence agent; spy.

[Geol.]

Geologythe gradual movement downhill of loose soil, rock, gravel, etc.; solifluction.

Geologythe slow deformation of solid rock resulting from constant stress applied over long periods.

Mechanicsthe gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress.

a grappling iron; grapnel.

Military[Firearms.]the slack in a trigger mechanism before it releases the firing pin.

See creep feeder. 

Informal Terms the creeps, a sensation of horror, fear, disgust, etc., suggestive of the feeling induced by something crawling over the skin:That horror movie gave me the creeps.

bef. 900; Middle English crepen, Old English crēopan; cognate with Dutch kruipen, Old Norse krjūpa

creep′ing•ly, adv. 

1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See crawl. 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inch, crawl, dawdle, poke.

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creep /kriːp/ vb (creeps, creeping, crept)(intransitive) to crawl with the body near to or touching the ground to move slowly, quietly, or cautiously to act in a servile way; fawn; cringe to move or slip out of place, as from pressure or wear (of plants) to grow along the ground or over rocks, producing roots, suckers, or tendrils at intervals to develop gradually: creeping unrest to have the sensation of something crawling over the skin n the act of creeping or a creeping movement slang a person considered to be obnoxious or servile the gradual downwards movement of loose rock material, soil, etc, on a slopeEtymology: Old English crēopan; related to Old Frisian kriāpa, Old Norse krjūpa, Middle Low German krūpen

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creep From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Naturecreepcreep1 /kriːp/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle crept /krept/) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]

 

 1 MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto move in a quiet, careful way, especially to avoid attracting attentioncreep into/over/around etc

 Johann would creep into the gallery to listen to the singers.

 He crept back up the stairs, trying to avoid the ones that creaked.► see thesaurus at walk2 MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONif something such as an insect, small animal, or car creeps, it moves slowly and quietly → crawlcreep down/along/away etc

 a caterpillar creeping down my arm3 CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERto gradually enter something and change itcreep in/into/over etc

 Funny how religion is creeping into the environmental debate. 4 HBPif a plant creeps, it grows or climbs up or along a particular placecreep up/over/around etc

 ivy creeping up the walls of the building5 DNAIRif mist, clouds etc creep, they gradually fill or cover a placecreep into/over etc

 Fog was creeping into the valley.

6 FRIENDLY British English informal to be insincerely nice to someone, especially someone in authority, in order to gain an advantage for yourselfcreep (up) to somebody

 I’m not the kind of person to creep to anybody.7 → somebody/something makes my flesh creep → creep somebody out → creep up on somebody/something→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscreep• Clouds crept across the horizon, just above the line of trees.• This relative of the dogwood family, whose trees are well known farther south, here creeps along just under the soil.• A sensible person respected the sleeping beast and crept away.• We crept down to the deserted library at the other end of the hall, so that we could talk.• She crept into Chrissy's room, shutting the door silently behind her.• No-one noticed that the little boy had crept into the room and was sitting there, listening.• But if you keep looking beyond the reflections you eventually notice the glow creeping into the sky.• Ron unlocked the back door and crept out into the yard.• As the sun began to set, long shadows seemed to creep out of the corners.• She crept up behind him and put her hands over his eyes.• Trying to stay calm, he crept up on the statue.• Armed men in ski masks crept up on the van and raked it with gunfire.• At five o'clock she returned to the theatre and crept up the stairs to the dressing-room.• The unemployment rate crept up to 5.7% in May.• Mooney glanced back as Al Bibeau crept up to him.

creep into/over/around etc• Tiredness crept over her, making her eyelids droop.• The peace Sethe had come there to find crept into her.• He could not resist a faint smile creeping over his face.• The anguish crept into his voice.• Unable to let her out of my sight, I followed her upstairs and crept into the bedroom to be with her.• Later, under cover of darkness, they crept into the house, where Charles hid for the night in the attic.• It makes it impossible for anyone to creep around your house without making a noise.creep down/along/away etc• She went there, guilty at having crept away.• He was astounded to see a tear creep down her freckled cheek.• I crept away into the woods after an hour and his voice followed me there.• This relative of the dogwood family, whose trees are well known farther south, here creeps along just under the soil.• Dads creep along the baselines calling instructions as the dusk gathers in.• It was very easy to imagine eyes peering from the gloom, or strange beings creeping along the path behind them.• Slowly, step by step, she crept along the terrace until she stood there, looking in.• You creep along to an open doorway. creep in/into/over etc• Finally, I threw back the quilt, put the package on the pillow, and crept into bed.• She crept into Chrissy's room, shutting the door silently behind her.• He could not resist a faint smile creeping over his face.• Biases can creep in in extremely subtle ways, and researchers can, quite unconsciously, favour some groups and disfavour others.• Doubt crept in: Should he go to her house or not?• That has crept into the design.• I sit still for every creep in town.• Now the Derbyshire tradition has crept into Yorkshire, it seems it may be spreading.

creep up/over/around etc• The first copper light of morning was creeping up Great Head bluff and spilling over the harbor.• But once she was alone with her knitting depression crept up on Leonora like an incoming tide.• It had been creeping up on me during the last couple of days.• Trying to stay calm, he crept up on the statue.• And all the while he had been creeping up on them, unseen.• It was a warm day when I saw a thick white fog gradually creeping up the sides of the hills.• At five o'clock she returned to the theatre and crept up the stairs to the dressing-room.• I crept around to the back of the house and watched as he carried her through the kitchen and into the garage. creep into/over etc• Finally, I threw back the quilt, put the package on the pillow, and crept into bed.• As he reviewed the figures a slight smirk crept over his face.• He could not resist a faint smile creeping over his face.• Later, under cover of darkness, they crept into the house, where Charles hid for the night in the attic.• But if you keep looking beyond the reflections you eventually notice the glow creeping into the sky.• A hint of duty had crept into their relationship.• Some reporters believe politicians are hypocrites, and that belief creeps into their reports.creep (up) to somebody• The state's original funding level was $ 3 million, creeping up to $ 5 million and then $ 6 million.• Mooney glanced back as Al Bibeau crept up to him.• A strange warmth crept up to his face.• She turned around and scampered back across the footpath to the gate, squeezed under and crept to the dish.• He crept to the door and opened it, blinking at the bright light.• Blowing out the candle, Tilly crept to the kitchen door and gingerly opened it.• It still gives me the creeps to think of it.

creepcreep2 noun [countable]

 

 1 UNPLEASANT especially American English informal someone who you dislike extremely

 Get lost, you little creep!2 FRIENDLY British English informal someone who tries to make you like them or do things for them by being insincerely nice to you

 Don’t try and flatter her – she doesn’t approve of creeps.3 → give somebody the creeps4 → mission/cost/grade etc creepExamples from the Corpuscreep• She's such a creep at work.• He didn't say that, did he? What a creep!• Will's the class creep, and the teachers don't notice.• Get out of here you little creep! You make me sick!• Little creeps, how heartened we were by our bold behavior.• As much as he gave her the creeps, there was also this secret fascination.• Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan.• He seemed completely in his element, though all those monks flitting round the place rather gave me the creeps.• It gives me the creeps and I know it frightened the kiddies.Origin creep1 Old English creopan

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Verb tablecreepSimple FormPresentI, you, we, theycreephe, she, itcreeps

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PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycreptPresent perfectI, you, we, theyhave crepthe, she, ithas creptPast perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad creptFutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill creepFuture perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have crept

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Continuous FormPresentIam creepinghe, she, itis creeping

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you, we, theyare creepingPastI, he, she, itwas creepingyou, we, theywere creepingPresent perfectI, you, we, theyhave been creepinghe, she, ithas been creepingPast perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been creepingFutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be creepingFuture perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been creeping

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