Synonyms for creep

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kreep

Phonetic Transcription : krip

Top 10 synonyms for creep

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Définition of creep

Origin : Old English creopan "to creep" (class II strong verb; past tense creap, past participle cropen), from Proto-Germanic *kreupanan (cf. Old Frisian kriapa, Middle Dutch crupen, Old Norse krjupa "to creep"), from PIE root *greug-. Related: Crept; creeping.

verb crawl along, usually on ground

Example sentences :

Your flesh has never been made to creep: but the cockles of your heart have been warmed.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

After a long wait the sergeant suggested that they creep away.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

How do I suffer this passion to creep imperceptibly upon me?
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding

They creep about with beds, and go to bed in miles of deserted houses.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

I am going to dress myself in the seals skin, and creep along the ice.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

They did not creep far, before they stopped and stood upright.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

He covered the crab with its shell and taught it how to creep.
Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

I saw them creep over, and knew that we had not a dollar left to live on.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

He was aroused by the cold that had begun to creep down his back.
Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy

But an invisible being, that could creep upon him and strike unseen!
Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson

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