LookItUpcreep
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /kriːp/
Forms: creeps, creeping, crept
creep means: To move slowly and quietly, often to avoid being noticed.
verb
To move slowly and quietly, often to avoid being noticed.
- I crept into the room.
- Can you creep past the guard?
- She was creeping downstairs when the light came on.
To change by small amounts over time.
- Prices creep up every year.
- The temperature crept higher during the afternoon.
- Costs have been creeping down lately.
To move slowly with the body close to the ground.
- A lizard crept across the sand.
- Snakes creep through the grass.
- We watched a beetle creep along the wall.
To enter or become part of something so slowly or quietly that people hardly notice.
- Doubt began to creep in.
- Errors crept into the final report.
- A feeling of loneliness crept up on him.
To grow along the ground or over a surface.
- Ivy creeps up the wall.
- The vine crept across the fence.
- These plants creep along the ground.
To shift slightly from the original position.
- The coating may creep during drying.
- The film crept slightly across the surface.
- We checked whether the rubber would creep under pressure.
noun
Someone whose behavior makes you feel uncomfortable or afraid.
- That man is a creep.
- Some creep kept following us.
- Why does she think he is such a creep?
A slow change in a number or measured amount.
- Price creep reduced our savings.
- We noticed a slow creep in costs.
- The upward creep in temperature worried the researchers.
Questions about creep
What does creep mean?
To move slowly and quietly, often to avoid being noticed.
What is creep in other languages?
Türkçe: sessizce ilerlemek · Español: avanzar sigilosamente · Français: avancer à pas de loup · Deutsch: schleichen · Italiano: avanzare furtivamente · 日本語: 忍び寄る
What does crept mean?
“crept” is the past tense and past participle of “creep”.
How do you pronounce creep?
It is pronounced /kriːp/.
How do you use creep in a sentence?
I crept into the room. Can you creep past the guard?
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