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Meanings of
creeping
in English
Portuguese
rastejamento
Catalan
arrossegada
Back to the meaning
A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.
crawl
crawling
creep
Portuguese
rastejamento
Synonyms
Examples for "
crawl
"
crawl
crawling
creep
Examples for "
crawl
"
1
Detta changed course and began to
crawl
toward the gunslinger's inert body.
2
Small boys will
crawl
in under the canvas in spite of clubs.
3
The scoring rate had slowed to a
crawl
,
and that's the result.
4
They have to
crawl
like animals, feeling their way through the mud.
5
The Chief Ranger did not pause in his
crawl
to the left.
1
The goalkeeper was
crawling
across the penalty area for no apparent reason.
2
Today, for some reason, this sleepy harbor town was
crawling
with police.
3
The sea bottom was rich with
crawling
and swimming and growing things.
4
The last thing Gobekli needs is thousands of tourists
crawling
all over.
5
And it had guided the course of the
crawling
thread of red.
1
But many others believe that involvement will continue to quietly
creep
up.
2
The coral seems reasonably healthy, thus far weathering-orperhaps inured
to
-
temperature
creep
.
3
When this happens you get what we call
'
creep
'
with knock-on effects.
4
That's a whole other problem, which is often fuelled by lifestyle
creep
.
5
The Christian religion did not
creep
into the world in the dark.
Usage of
creeping
in English
1
The Left Hand was no longer seeing new stars
creeping
into view.
2
Unfortunately for Coppola, however, the outside has a way of
creeping
in.
3
A new phrase was
creeping
in: HELOC, home equity line of credit.
4
Outside the financial sector, however, stock buying has been
creeping
up again.
5
Warmth was
creeping
through the house as the central heating took effect.
6
Good, he thought as he felt the cold
creeping
through his cheeks.
7
I wanted to be home, not
creeping
along behind a horse-drawn carriage.
8
Meaning people would have spent 80 hours
creeping
through traffic this year.
9
The old horror is coming back; I feel it
creeping
over me.
10
They will be
creeping
in closer; they will not wait much longer.
11
With the last verse the
creeping
out of the shell is accomplished.
12
The fire had not been replenished, and the darkness was
creeping
in.
13
It is not at all clear that it passes the
creeping
-
determinism
test.
14
I spoke it quick, and the blood came
creeping
back in here.
15
That's all well and good, but a few risks are
creeping
in.
16
Schmidt led the way,
creeping
down the ramp at a steady pace.
Other examples for "creeping"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
creeping
Noun
Singular
creepe
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
creepe up
creepe in
creepe back
creepe things
creepe forward
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Translations for
creeping
Portuguese
rastejamento
Catalan
arrossegada
Creeping
through the time
Creeping
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
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