to creep stealthily

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• creep — vb Creep, crawl mean to move slowly along a surface in a prone or crouching position. Creep is more often used of quadrupeds or of human beings who move on all fours and proceed slowly, stealthily, or silently {a baby creeps before it walks}… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• creep — [krēp] vi. crept, creeping [ME crepen < OE creopan, to creep, lit., go bent down; akin to Swed krypa < IE base * ger : see CRADLE] 1. to move along with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees 2. to move slowly, stealthily,… …   English World dictionary

• creep — v. & n. v.intr. (past and past part. crept) 1 move with the body prone and close to the ground; crawl. 2 (often foll. by in, out, up, etc.) come, go, or move slowly and stealthily or timidly (crept out without being seen). 3 enter slowly (into a… …   Useful english dictionary

• creep — creepingly, adv. /kreep/, v., crept, creeping, n. v.i. 1. to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees. 2. to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily (often fol. by up): We… …   Universalium

• creep — verb ADVERB ▪ quietly, silently ▪ slowly ▪ stealthily ▪ carefully, cautiously ▪ about …   Collocations dictionary

• creep — /krip / (say kreep) verb (i) (crept, creeping) 1. to move with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect. 2. to move slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily. 3. to enter undetected; to sneak up behind. 4. to move or behave timidly or… …  

• creep — [[t]krip[/t]] v. crept or, sometimes, creeped; creep•ing, n. 1) to move slowly with the body close to the ground, on hands and knees, or the like 2) to approach slowly and stealthily (often fol. by up) 3) to advance slowly and often with… …   From formal English to slang

• creep up — verb advance stealthily or unnoticed (Freq. 1) Age creeps up on you • Syn: ↑sneak up • Hypernyms: ↑advance, ↑progress, ↑pass on, ↑move on, ↑march o …   Useful english dictionary

• stealthily — adv. Stealthily is used with these verbs: ↑creep …   Collocations dictionary

• creep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. crawl, worm, grovel. See slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crawl, slither, writhe, worm along, sneak, steal, slink, edge; see also crawl 1 , sneak . See Synonym Study at crawl . • make one s flesh… …   English dictionary for students

• creep — v 1. crawl, crawl on all fours; squirm, wriggle, wiggle, writhe; worm, inch along, go at a snail s pace, advance slowly, drag oneself along, pull oneself along; trail, lag behind, follow behind. 2. skulk, slink, move stealthily, steal; sneak up… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder