1. Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
   "The crocodile was creeping along the riverbed";
   - crawl
    
2. Move stealthily or furtively
   "..stead of creeping around spying on the neighbour's house";
   - sneak, mouse, pussyfoot [informal]
    
3. Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
   "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
    
4. Occur or develop gradually
   "A sense of unease crept over him as he entered the dark room"

1. [informal] Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
   "The neighbourhood creep was known for his bizarre lawn ornaments";
   - weirdo [informal], weirdie [informal], weirdy [informal]
    
2. A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
   "the traffic moved at a creep";
   - crawl, crawling, creeping
    
3. A slow longitudinal movement or deformation
   "The geologist studied the creep of the glacier over time"
    
4. A small gradual change or deviation in a quantity
   "Engineers must account for thermal creep in their designs"
    
5. A pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
   "The farmer used a creep to provide extra feed for the lambs"

Derived forms: crept, creeps, creeping

Type of: change of location, diffuse, disagreeable person, fan out, go, locomote, locomotion, move, pen, spread, spread out, travel, unpleasant person, walk

Encyclopedia: Creep