Definitions for crept
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Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Creptparticip.

   Etymology: from creep.

   There are certain men crept in unawares. Jude, iv.

   This fair vine, but that her arms surround
   Her marry’d elm, had crept along the ground. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crept

   of Creep

2. Crept

   of Creep

3. Crept

   imp. & p. p. of Creep

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crept

   krept, pa.t. and pa.p. of Creep.

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1. CREPT

   "past tense and past participle of CREEP,to move along with the body prone and close to the ground; to move slowly on hands and knees,to go very slowly,to go timidly or cautiously so as to escape notice, to enter or advance gradually so as to be almost unnoticed,to have the sensation of being covered with creeping things, to slip or gradually shift position, to change shape permanently from prolonged stress or exposure to high temperatures;to crawl with the body near to or touching the ground,crawl,worm,wriggle,squirm,slither,writhe,drag yourself,edge,inch,crawl on all fours;encroach, inch;bastard, beast, bleeder,blighter , boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, cretin, crud,crumb,cur, dirtbag,dog, fink, heel, hound, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck,scum, scumbag,scuzzball,skunk, sleaze, sleazebag,sleazeball,slime, slimeball,slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin,snail,molasses,(as) slow as molasses idiomat a snail's pace idiom,away bit build by by and by idiom,by degrees idiom,claw ,claw your way (somewhere) idiom,clunky,cool,course,crawl,crawler,creep,creeping,dally,dawdle,degree,deliberately,dribs,drift,drop,drop behind,ease,edge,float,gently,gently does it! idiom,gradual,gradually,hanghang around,in ones and twos idiom,inch inch by inch idiom,infiltrate,infiltration,jog,Labour,lag,laggard,laggy,lingeringly,little,loiter,mill,mill around,nose,nudge,poky,pootle,prowl,rolling,Rome wasn't built in a day idiom,sedately,sidle,slack,slow burn,slowcoach,slowdown,slowly,slowness,slowpoke,sluggish,sluggishly,sluggishness,steadily,steadiness,steady,stepwise,straggle,straggler,struggle,subsonic,take your time idiom,tootle,trail,trickle,trundle,unhurried,wander,wend.

   
   

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crept in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crept in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of crept in a Sentence

1. Tyson Steele:

   Its a very real thought that crept up almost daily, especially real cold nights.

2. Ted Gibson:

   I just was n’t exercising as much as I had been before, and the weight slowly crept on.

3. Pepijn Bergsen:

   That worked very well politically for her in Germany, and on the world stage, germany has done very well over the last 15 years from an economic perspective...( and) Germany didn't do that badly during the financial crisis, but the realization has crept in that that won't last.

4. Daniel Andrews:

   I think a sense of complacency has crept into us as we let our frustrations get the better of us. I think that each one know someone who has not been following the rules as well as they should have. I think each of us know that we have got no choice by to take very very difficult steps.

5. William Shakespeare:

   The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.

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References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=crept
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crept
3. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=crept