Analysis Complete

creep

/ creep /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
Type of:
pen
noun Sense 2
a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
Type of:
change of location travel
Derived:
crawl
noun Sense 3
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Type of:
unpleasant person disagreeable person
Derived:
sneak mouse steal pussyfoot
verb Sense 4
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
formicate
Derived:
crawl crawling creeping crawler creeper
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example)
"ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings"
Type of:
diffuse spread spread out
Derived:
creeper
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 6
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"
Type of:
locomotion travel
Derived:
crawl
verb Sense 7
to go stealthily or furtively
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor''s house"
Type of:
walk
Derived:
stealth stealing weirdo weirdie weirdy
See also:
slip away steal away sneak away sneak off sneak out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
show submission or fear
Type of:
bend flex
Derived:
apple polisher bootlicker fawner groveller groveler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
78%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
44
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

pen change of location travel unpleasant person disagreeable person go move formicate diffuse spread spread out locomotion