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1. (n.) creeper
a person or thing that creeps.
2. creeper
a plant that grows upon or just beneath the surface of the ground, sending out rootlets from the stem, as ivy.
3. creeper
a spiked iron plate worn on the shoe to prevent slipping on ice, rock, etc.
4. creeper
any of various songbirds that ascend the trunks and larger limbs of trees.
5. creeper
a grappling device for dragging a body of water.
Etymology: (bef. 1000)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) creeper
any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
2. (noun) crawler, creeper
a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
3. (noun) creeper, tree creeper
any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Creeper
one who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing
2. (noun) Creeper
a plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia)
3. (noun) Creeper
a small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia
4. (noun) Creeper
a kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping
5. (noun) Creeper
a spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers
6. (noun) Creeper
a small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons
7. (noun) Creeper
an instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there
8. (noun) Creeper
any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen
9. (noun) Creeper
crockets. See Crocket
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Sense: a creeping plant.
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 Afrikaans: rank plant |
 Arabic: نَبات مُتَسَلِّـق |
 Bulgarian: пълзящо растение |
 Brazilian: trepadeira |
 Czech: popínavá rostlina |
 German: die Kletterpflanze |
 Danish: slyngplante |
 Greek: αναρριχητικό φυτό |
 Spanish: planta trepadora |
 Estonian: ronitaim |
 Farsi: خزنده |
 Finnish: köynnöskasvi |
 French: plante grimpante |
 Hebrew: צֶמָח מְטַפֵּס |
 Hindi: लता, वर्तिका |
 Croatian: puzavica |
 Hungarian: kúszónövény |
 Indonesian: tanaman rambat |
 Icelandic: skriðjurt |
 Italian: pianta rampicante |
 Japanese: つる植物 |
 Korean: 덩굴 식물 |
 Lithuanian: vijoklis |
 Latvian: vīteņaugs; staipeknis |
 Malay: pohon menjalar |
 Dutch: klimplant |
 Norwegian: slyngplante, kryp- |
 Polish: pnącze |
 Persian: خزنده |
 Pashto: خزنده |
 Portuguese: trepadeira |
 Romanian: plantă agăţătoare |
 Russian: ползучее растение |
 Slovak: popínavá rastlina |
 Slovenian: plazilka |
 Serbian: biljka puzavica |
 Swedish: klängväxt |
 Thai: ไม้เลื้อย |
 Turkish: tırmanıcı bitki |
 Taiwanese: 蔓生植物 |
 Ukrainian: повзуча рослина |
 Urdu: بيل |
 Vietnamese: cây leo |
 Chinese: 葡匐植物 |
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