- crawl, crawling, creep, creeping - a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body); "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
--1 is a kind of locomotion, travel
Derived form: verb creep1
- crawl, creep - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun creep2, noun creep4, noun creeper2, noun creeping1
The crowds creep in the streets
The streets creep with crowds
- sneak, mouse, creep, steal, pussyfoot - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
--2 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun creep1, noun creeper2
The children creep to the playground
- grow over, creep - grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example); "ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings"
--3 is one way to diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun creeper1
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel - show submission or fear
--4 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP