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1 creeper
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2 creepy-crawly
plural - creepy-crawlies; noun (a small creeping insect.) kryb; dyr med mange ben; insekt* * *plural - creepy-crawlies; noun (a small creeping insect.) kryb; dyr med mange ben; insekt -
3 cucumber
(a type of creeping plant with long green edible fruit, often used in salads etc.) agurk* * *(a type of creeping plant with long green edible fruit, often used in salads etc.) agurk -
4 worm
[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) orm; -orm2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) møve sig2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) hive* * *[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) orm; -orm2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) møve sig2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) hive
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Creeping — Creep ing, a. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. Every creeping thing. Gen. vi. 20. [1913 Webster] 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. [1913 Webster] Casements lined with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
creeping — creep‧ing [ˈkriːpɪŋ] adjective [only before a noun] disapproving gradually becoming stronger and gaining more influence, but so slowly that people do not notice: • legislation that paved the way for the creeping privatisation of the health… … Financial and business terms
Creeping — Creep Creep (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[e^]pt) ({Crope} (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[ o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
creeping — ● creep ou creeping nom masculin (anglais to creep, ramper, ou creeping, reptation) Lente descente du sol, consistant en une infinité de petits déplacements des particules meubles, les unes par rapport aux autres, sous l effet de la pesanteur et… … Encyclopédie Universelle
creeping — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In the act of creeping] Syn. crawling, worming, squirming, writhing, wriggling, slithering, groveling, crouching, cowering, quailing, slinking, skulking, inching, dragging, lagging, shambling, limping, faltering, shuffling … English dictionary for students
creeping — creep|ing [ kripıŋ ] adjective 1. ) happening very slowly so that people do not notice: creeping privatization 2. ) creeping plants grow along the ground … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
creeping — UK [ˈkriːpɪŋ] / US [ˈkrɪpɪŋ] adjective 1) happening very slowly so that people do not notice creeping privatization 2) creeping plants grow along the ground … English dictionary
creeping — adjective Date: 14th century developing or advancing by slow imperceptible degrees < a period of creeping inflation > … New Collegiate Dictionary
creeping — creep·ing (krēʹpĭng) adj. Developing gradually over a period of time: “a creeping sense of cultural dread” (Andrew Sullivan). * * * … Universalium
creeping — adj. Creeping is used with these nouns: ↑dread … Collocations dictionary
creeping — Synonyms and related words: all fours, ambling, amphibian, anguine, atiptoe, atmospherics, batrachian, blaring, blasting, blind spot, cautious, cautiousness, circumspect, circumspection, claudicant, colubriform, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping… … Moby Thesaurus
