to creep

Examples

• All

• The sun had dipped below rooftops, and long shadows were creeping over the lawns and street.

  Fiction book (1990)

• It's a necessary thing to do, but it is not sufficient because errors can creep into many places.

• Outside, light is just beginning to creep its way back into the world.

  Fiction book (1993)

• And it's easy to let ego and fame and stuff kind of creep back in.

  Club Shay Shay

• Common thing in college it's creeping its way into the high school and middle schools group work.

• Does that does that mean that the event horizon creeps out then?

• And the number of A's is growing steadily every year and has crept well over 20 percent.

  Academic text (2001)

• If you squeeze it into a tank, it'll creep into the walls of the tank.

  Sabine Hossenfelder

• The ivy began to creep up the walls of the old house, covering it in green.

• As winter approached, the frost started to creep across the garden, slowly killing the flowers.

Synonyms

R

to ramp

vsto creep

8.9

To grow over something by creeping or climbing

grows slowly and gradually to cover surfaces rather than climb

Phrasal Verbs

C

to creep up

33 4.6

To move or happen slowly and quietly so it is not noticed

C

to creep in

14 4.9

To begin to appear or affect someone slowly and quietly

Compounds

M

mission creep

4 7.8

A slow change that makes a project do more than planned

B

bracket creep

• Literature

1 8.5

When inflation raises pay, people move into higher tax bands and pay more tax without getting richer

C

creep feed

• Specialized

6.8

Special food given to young animals like piglets or calves that adults cannot reach

C

creep hole

8.9

A small opening you look through to watch without being seen

How Fast

to engulf

40 5.1

to overrun

38 4.8

to spread

664 1.6

to creep

54 4.2

to inch

45 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology