Tra từ creep - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
• Syn:
weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook
• Derivationally related forms:
creepy
• Hypernyms:
unpleasant person, disagreeable person
2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
• Hypernyms:
change of location, travel
3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
• Hypernyms:
pen
4. 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
• Syn:
crawl, crawling, creeping
• Derivationally related forms:
creep (for: creeping), crawl (for: crawling), crawl (for: crawl)
• Hypernyms:
locomotion, travel

II - verb

1. move slowly;
in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground (Freq. 11)
- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
• Syn:
crawl
• Derivationally related forms:
creeper, creeping, crawl (for: crawl), crawler (for: crawl), crawling (for: crawl)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
formicate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The crowds creep in the streets
- The streets creep with crowds
2. to go stealthily or furtively (Freq. 4)
- ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
• Syn:
sneak, mouse, pussyfoot
• See Also:
sneak away (for: sneak), sneak out (for: sneak)
• Derivationally related forms:
creeper, sneak (for: sneak)
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children creep to the playground
3. grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) (Freq. 2)
- ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings
• Derivationally related forms:
creeper
• Hypernyms:
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
4. show submission or fear
• Syn:
fawn, crawl, cringe, cower, grovel
• Derivationally related forms:
groveler (for: grovel), groveller (for: grovel), coward (for: cower), crawler (for: crawl), fawner (for: fawn)
• Hypernyms:
bend, flex
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP