Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - creep
Creep
creep
v. & n. --v.intr. (past and past part. crept) 1 move with the body prone and close to the ground; crawl. 2 (often foll. by in, out, up, etc.) come, go, or move slowly and stealthily or timidly (crept out without being seen). 3 enter slowly (into a person's affections, life, awareness, etc.) (a feeling crept over her; crept into her heart). 4 colloq. act abjectly or obsequiously in the hope of advancement. 5 (of a plant) grow along the ground or up a wall by means of tendrils etc. 6 (as creeping adj.) developing slowly and steadily (creeping inflation). 7 (of the flesh) feel as if insects etc. were creeping over it, as a result of fear, horror, etc. 8 (of metals etc.) undergo creep. --n. 1 a the act of creeping. b an instance of this. 2 (in pl.; prec. by the) colloq. a nervous feeling of revulsion or fear (gives me the creeps). 3 sl. an unpleasant person. 4 the gradual downward movement of disintegrated rock due to gravitational forces etc. 5 (of metals etc.) a gradual change of shape under stress. 6 a low arch under a railway embankment, road, etc. Phrases and idioms creeping barrage a barrage moving ahead of advancing troops. creeping Jenny any of various creeping plants, esp. moneywort. creeping Jesus sl. an abject or hypocritical person. creep up on approach (a person) stealthily or unnoticed. Etymology: OE creopan f. Gmc
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I. intransitive verb (crept; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan; akin to Old Norse krjūpa to ~ Date: before 12th century 1. to move along with the body prone and close to the ground, to move slowly on hands and knees, 2. to go very slowly , to go timidly or cautiously so as to escape notice , to enter or advance gradually so as to be almost unnoticed , to have the sensation of being covered with ~ing things , to spread or grow over a surface rooting at intervals or clinging with tendrils, stems, or aerial roots, 5. to slip or gradually shift position, to change shape permanently from prolonged stress or exposure to high temperatures, II. noun Date: 1818 a movement of or like ~ing , a distressing sensation like that caused by the ~ing of insects over one's flesh, a feed trough accessible only by young animals and used especially to supply special or supplementary feed, the slow change of dimensions of an object from prolonged exposure to high temperature or stress, an unpleasant or obnoxious person, a slow but persistent increase or elevation ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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