What does creeping mean?
Definitions for creeping
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Princeton's WordNet
crawl, crawling, creep, creeping(noun)
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"
Webster Dictionary
Creeping
of Creep
Creeping(adj)
crawling, or moving close to the ground
Creeping(adj)
growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
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,
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of creeping in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of creeping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of creeping in a Sentence
The oil price is creeping up gently, we see it coming back and we have heavy helicopters on order from 2017 onwards.
Interest rates have been creeping up, but they’re still extremely low.
Despite our government's denial, this is a national disaster creeping ever closer to the capital.
We don't want them sitting on the board, because they're implementing a creeping control strategy to take over the company.
It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.
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