Synonyms for creep


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kreep
Phonetic Transcription : krip

Top 10 synonyms for creep Other synonyms for the word creep

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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