Definitions for creeping
creep·ing

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Creeping

   of Creep

2. Creeping(adj)

   crawling, or moving close to the ground

3. Creeping(adj)

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

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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,

How to pronounce creeping ?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Eric Hoffer:

   It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.

3. Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere:

   It is worrying that anti-immigration incitement is creeping into the heart of our society.

4. Dwight D. Eisenhower:

   I believe that for the past twenty years there has been a creeping socialism spreading in the United States.

5. Jonathan Swift:

   Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.

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