creep
noun
/kɹiːp/
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[kʰɹiːp]
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- (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
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Kriechen
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- (informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
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Knilch,
Widerling
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- (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
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Widerling
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- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
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kriechen
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creep
verb
/kɹiːp/
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[kʰɹiːp]
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- (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
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kriechen
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- (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
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schleichen
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