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Definitions for crept
krɛptcrept
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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 Dictionary
Crept
of Creep
Crept
of Creep
Crept
imp. & p. p. of Creep
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Crept
krept, pa.t. and pa.p. of Creep.
Editors Contribution
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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of crept in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of crept in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of crept in a Sentence
The general thematic continues to be the European banking situation that has unhinged the risk market and slowly crept into the credit markets.
Its a very real thought that crept up almost daily, especially real cold nights.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...
The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.
The approval ratings crept up a little bit, but is Biden a strong leader? 41 yes, 57 no, so if Ukraine's helping him, it ain't helping him much.
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