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creep verb

  /kɹiːp/ , [kʰɹiːp]
  • To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
 aiheuttaa väristyksiä, värisyttää
  • (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
 hiipiä
  • To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
 hiipiä, hivuttautua
  • (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
 kasvaa maata pitkin
  • To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
 naarata
  • To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
 nöyristellä, ryömiä
  • To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
 vetäytyä

creep noun

  /kɹiːp/ , [kʰɹiːp]
  • (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
 hyypiö, kyylä
  • (informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
 karmio, nilkki
  • A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
 liikahdus
  • The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
 matelu, ryömintä
  • A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
 ryömintä
  • (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
 viruminen
creep out
pelottaa
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