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English noun: creep | |||
| 1. | creep (person) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | ||
| Synonyms | spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | ||
| 2. | creep (event) a slow longitudinal movement or deformation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of location, travel | ||
| 3. | creep (artifact) a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pen | ||
| 4. | creep (act) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | ||
| Samples | A crawl was all that the injured man could manage. The traffic moved at a creep. | ||
| Synonyms | crawl, crawling, creeping | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | locomotion, travel | ||
English verb: creep | |||
| 1. | creep (motion) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground | ||
| Samples | The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed. | ||
| Examples | The crowds creep in the streets, The streets creep with crowds | ||
| Synonyms | crawl | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | formicate | ||
| 2. | creep (motion) to go stealthily or furtively | ||
| Samples | ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house. | ||
| Examples | The children creep to the playground | ||
| Synonyms | mouse, pussyfoot, sneak | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| 3. | creep (motion) grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) | ||
| Samples | Ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out | ||
| 4. | creep (motion) show submission or fear | ||
| Synonyms | cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bend, flex | ||
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