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# {{context|materials science}} An increase in [[strain]] with time; the gradual [[flow]] or [[deformation]] of a material under [[stress]]. |
# {{context|materials science}} An increase in [[strain]] with time; the gradual [[flow]] or [[deformation]] of a material under [[stress]]. |
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# {{geology}} The [[imperceptible]] [[downslope]] movement of surface [[rock]]. |
# {{geology}} The [[imperceptible]] [[downslope]] movement of surface [[rock]]. |
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# {{context|informal|pejorative}} |
# {{context|informal|pejorative}} A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching. |
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#: ''Stop following me, you '''creep'''!'' |
#: ''Stop following me, you '''creep'''!'' |
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Revision as of 14:31, 23 August 2007
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Template:AHD, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "/kriːp/" is not valid. See WT:LOL., Template:SAMPA
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- Rhymes: -iːp
Noun
creep (plural creeps)
- The movement of something that creeps.
- A gradual change in anything.
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "publishing" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "materials science" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- Template:geology The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "informal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.
- Stop following me, you creep!
Translations
movement of something that creeps
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gradual change in anything
informal: an annoyingly unpleasant person
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Verb
creep (third-person singular simple present creeps, present participle creeping, simple past crept, past participle crept or archaic cropen)
- Template:transitive To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
- Template:transitive Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- Template:transitive To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.
- Template:transitive To change gradually in a particular direction.
- Prices have been creeping up all year.
Synonyms
- (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground): crawl
- (grow across a surface rather than upwards)
- (move slowly and quietly in a particular direction): inch
- (change gradually in a particular direction): inch
Translations
move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground
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grow across a surface rather than upwards
move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
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change gradually in a particular direction
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Translations to be checked
- (deprecated template usage) Frisian: krûpe