| VERB | motion | creep, crawl | move slowly |
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| motion | creep, sneak, mouse, pussyfoot | to go stealthily or furtively | |
| motion | creep | grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) | |
| motion | creep, fawn, crawl, cringe, cower, grovel | show submission or fear | |
| NOUN | person | creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook | someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric |
| event | creep | a slow longitudinal movement or deformation | |
| artifact | creep | a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot | |
| act | creep, crawl, crawling, creeping | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body |
| Sounds | kriy'p | |
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| Rhymes | asleep ... weep: 22 rhymes with iyp... | |
| Meaning | someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric. | |
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| Synonyms | weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook | |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | bicho raro, espectro, estrafalario, rarito, tipo raro | |
| Adjectives | creepy | annoying and unpleasant |
| Verbs | creep | to go stealthily or furtively |
| Meaning | A slow longitudinal movement or deformation. | |
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| Broader | change of location, travel | A movement through space that changes the location of something |
| Verbs | creep | move slowly |
| Meaning | A pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot. | |
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| Broader | pen | An enclosure for confining livestock |
| Meaning | A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. | |
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| Example | "the traffic moved at a creep" | |
| Synonyms | crawl, crawling, creeping | |
| Broader | locomotion, travel | self-propelled movement |
| Spanish | arrastramiento, gateado | |
| Catalan | arrossegada | |
| Verbs | creep | move slowly |
| Meaning | Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The crowds creep in the streets; The streets creep with crowds | |
| Synonym | crawl | |
| Narrower | formicate | crawl about like ants |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | arrastrarse, deslizarse, gatear, rampar, reptar | |
| Catalan | anar a quatre grapes, arrossegar-se, gatejar, reptar | |
| Nouns | creep, creeping | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body |
| creep | a slow longitudinal movement or deformation | |
| creeper | a person who crawls or creeps along the ground | |
| Meaning | To go stealthily or furtively. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children creep to the playground | |
| Synonyms | sneak, mouse, pussyfoot | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | caminar de puntillas, escabullirse | |
| Catalan | anar de puntetes, escapolir-se, esquitllar-se | |
| Nouns | creep | someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric |
| creeper | a person who crawls or creeps along the ground | |
| Meaning | Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Broader | diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out | Move outward |
| Spanish | trepar | |
| Catalan | enfilar-se | |
| Nouns | creeper | any plant (as ivy or periwinkle / periwinkle) that grows by creeping |
| Meaning | show submission or fear. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | fawn, crawl, cringe, cower, grovel | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Spanish | humillarse | |
| Catalan | arrossegar-se, arrossegar, humiliar-se | |
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