creep

Definitions of creep in various dictionaries:

noun - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

noun - a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

noun - a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

noun - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

verb - move slowly

verb - to go stealthily or furtively

verb - grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

verb - show submission or fear

To move with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees.

To move stealthily or cautiously.

To move or proceed very slowly: Traffic creeps at that hour.

Botany.

To grow or spread along a surface, rooting at intervals or clinging by means of suckers or tendrils.

To grow horizontally under the ground, as the rhizomes of many plants.

To slip out of place; shift gradually.

To have a tingling sensation, made by or as if by things moving stealthily: a moan that made my flesh creep.

The act of creeping; a creeping motion or progress.

An annoyingly unpleasant or repulsive person.

A slow flow of metal when under high temperature or great pressure.

A slow change in a characteristic of electronic equipment, such as a decrease in power with continued usage.

A sensation of fear or repugnance, as if things were crawling on one’s skin: That house gives me the creeps.

verb - to move with the body on or near the ground