Definition of creep

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Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..

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Undercreep :: Undercreep (v. i.) To creep secretly or privily.
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing..
Trumpet-shaped :: Trumpet-shaped (a.) Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper..
Doob Grass :: Doob grass () A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States..
Creeping :: Creeping (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils..
Fiorin :: Fiorin (n.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.
Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate..
Grovel :: Grovel (adv.) To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen..
Herpes :: Herpes (n.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers..
Climb :: Climb (v. i.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface..
Crawler :: Crawler (n.) One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile..
Pixie :: Pixie (n.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring..
Eretation :: Eretation (n.) A creeping forth.
Curvirostres :: Curvirostres (n. pl.) A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches..
Creep :: Creep (n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects..
Transcription :: Transcription (n.) The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions..
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..
Ovenbird :: Ovenbird (n.) Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests..
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