Definizione monolingua

creep

creep (third-person singular simple present creeps, present participle creeping, simple past crept or creeped, past participle crept, creeped, or archaic cropen)

1. (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

   Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.

   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken near him.

2. (intransitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
3. (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.

   He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.

4. (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.

   Prices have been creeping up all year.

creep (plural creeps)

1. The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
2. A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
3. A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
4. The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.

   Christmas creep. Feature creep. Instruction creep. Mission creep.

5. (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
6. (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
7. (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
8. (informal, pejorative) An annoying irritating person
9. (informal, pejorative) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.

   Stop following me, you creep!

10. (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

Definizione dizionario creep

	strisciare
	movement of something that creeps
	move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground

	antipatico
	informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
	An annoyingly unpleasant person.

	scorrimento
	slight displacement

	deriva
	slight displacement

	lecchino
	informal: annoyingly unpleasant person

	ruffiano
	informal: annoyingly unpleasant person

	scollamento
	geology: imperceptible downslope movement of surface

	spostamento
	slight displacement

andatura lenta

essere servile

infiltrarsi

insinuare

montare

procedere lentamente

rabbrividire

scalare

strisciamento

Altri significati:

(informal, pejorative) An annoying irritating person

(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

grow across a surface rather than upwards

(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)

(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.

move slowly and quietly in a particular direction

(intransitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.

(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.

A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.

pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person

change or deviate gradually

(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.

(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.

small gradual change in a measure

(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.

A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something

The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.

(informal, pejorative) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.

(to) creep

gradual deformation of material under stress