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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How to pronounce crept?

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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. Ted Gibson:

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

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   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...

3. Chad Morganlander:

   The general thematic (risk) continues to be the European banking situation that has unhinged the risk market and slowly crept into the credit markets.

4. Mike Murphy:

   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.

5. Daniel Andrews:

   We know we're on the cusp of something very, very bad if we don't get on top of this, 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.

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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