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creep noun

  /kɹiːp/ , [kʰɹiːp]
  • (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
 Kriechen
  • (informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
 Knilch, Widerling
  • (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
 Widerling
  • The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
 kriechen

creep verb

  /kɹiːp/ , [kʰɹiːp]
  • (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
 kriechen
  • (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.
 schleichen

creeping

serpens
creeping cinquefoil
Fünffingerkraut
creeping Jenny
Pfennigkraut
creeping pine
Mops
creeping tormentil
Fünffingerkraut
creeping cedar
Bärlapp
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