- creeping
- adjective
Date: 14th century
developing or advancing by slow imperceptible degrees <a period of creeping inflation>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
creeping
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Creeping — Creep ing, a. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. Every creeping thing. Gen. vi. 20. [1913 Webster] 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. [1913 Webster] Casements lined with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
creeping — creep‧ing [ˈkriːpɪŋ] adjective [only before a noun] disapproving gradually becoming stronger and gaining more influence, but so slowly that people do not notice: • legislation that paved the way for the creeping privatisation of the health… … Financial and business terms
Creeping — Creep Creep (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[e^]pt) ({Crope} (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[ o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
creeping — ● creep ou creeping nom masculin (anglais to creep, ramper, ou creeping, reptation) Lente descente du sol, consistant en une infinité de petits déplacements des particules meubles, les unes par rapport aux autres, sous l effet de la pesanteur et… … Encyclopédie Universelle
creeping — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In the act of creeping] Syn. crawling, worming, squirming, writhing, wriggling, slithering, groveling, crouching, cowering, quailing, slinking, skulking, inching, dragging, lagging, shambling, limping, faltering, shuffling … English dictionary for students
creeping — creep|ing [ kripıŋ ] adjective 1. ) happening very slowly so that people do not notice: creeping privatization 2. ) creeping plants grow along the ground … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
creeping — UK [ˈkriːpɪŋ] / US [ˈkrɪpɪŋ] adjective 1) happening very slowly so that people do not notice creeping privatization 2) creeping plants grow along the ground … English dictionary
creeping — creep·ing (krēʹpĭng) adj. Developing gradually over a period of time: “a creeping sense of cultural dread” (Andrew Sullivan). * * * … Universalium
creeping — adj. Creeping is used with these nouns: ↑dread … Collocations dictionary
creeping — Synonyms and related words: all fours, ambling, amphibian, anguine, atiptoe, atmospherics, batrachian, blaring, blasting, blind spot, cautious, cautiousness, circumspect, circumspection, claudicant, colubriform, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping… … Moby Thesaurus
