Definitions for creeping
creep·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. crawl, crawling, creep, creepingnoun

   a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

   "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"

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1. creeping

   Creeping refers to the action of slowly and stealthily moving or advancing, often to avoid detection. However, in other contexts such as botany, it may describe plants with stems that grow along the ground, putting out roots at intervals. It can also refer to an uncontrolled or unplanned gradual increase or spread of a phenomenon, situation or condition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Creeping

   of Creep

2. Creepingadjective

   crawling, or moving close to the ground

3. Creepingadjective

   growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Creeping

   A phenomenon of capillarity, often annoying in battery jars. The solution, by capillarity, rises a little distance up the sides, evaporates, and as it dries more creeps up through it, and to a point a little above it. This action is repeated until a layer of the salts may form over the top of the vessel. To avoid it, paraffine is often applied to the edges of the cup, or a layer of oil, often linseed oil, is poured on the battery solution,

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of creeping in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of creeping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of creeping in a Sentence

1. Svenja Gudell:

   Interest rates have been creeping up, but they’re still extremely low.

2. Professor Murphy:

   Whatever the queen's personal rating it's better than the... political leaders', when you get past trauma of Diana's death into the last 10, 15 years or so, in a way there's a new kind of creeping respect for the way she's stayed the same, always done her duty, still keeping the show on the road.

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   Can everyday people come together and effectively organize against creeping overreach of one of the worlds biggest corporations ? Yes, they can.

4. John Branch:

   The NFL may be the last bastion of football in 50 years, because I can imagine the slow death of the sport creeping up from the youth level, if we keep finding out about the long-term effects of brain damage caused by the game, it's hard to imagine many parents will allow their children to play. Maybe high school and college football go away. And maybe football becomes more like MMA -- a sport that has relatively few participants, but enough to entertain the masses, with athletes willing to take obvious health risks to achieve money and fame.

5. Maxine Waters:

   You claim that socialism has engulfed this country, that it keeps creeping, that it's gonna take over private businesses, etc., etc., that is not happening.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=creeping
2. ^ ChatGPT
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3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creeping
4. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=creeping