Definitions for CREEPING
creep·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. crawl, crawling, creep, creepingnoun

   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"

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. creeping

   Creeping refers to the action of slowly and stealthily moving or advancing, often to avoid detection. However, in other contexts such as botany, it may describe plants with stems that grow along the ground, putting out roots at intervals. It can also refer to an uncontrolled or unplanned gradual increase or spread of a phenomenon, situation or condition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Creeping

   of Creep

2. Creepingadjective

   crawling, or moving close to the ground

3. Creepingadjective

   growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Creeping

   A phenomenon of capillarity, often annoying in battery jars. The solution, by capillarity, rises a little distance up the sides, evaporates, and as it dries more creeps up through it, and to a point a little above it. This action is repeated until a layer of the salts may form over the top of the vessel. To avoid it, paraffine is often applied to the edges of the cup, or a layer of oil, often linseed oil, is poured on the battery solution,

Matched Categories

1. • Locomotion

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How to pronounce CREEPING?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say CREEPING in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CREEPING in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CREEPING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of CREEPING in a Sentence

1. William James:

   I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible loving human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capilillary oozing of water, yet which if you give them time, will rend the hardest monuments of man's pride.

2. Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere:

   It is worrying that anti-immigration incitement is creeping into the heart of our society.

3. Yiatan Chu:

   Many of the things creeping into progressive schools are things that the state supports but a lot of parents do not, the moms voting for Lee Zeldin want a return to the foundations of education: math, reading and science. We don't need political activism or age-inappropriate lessons for our kids.

4. Former Chicago resident Lauren Callahan:

   It was creeping up into the North Side, which is where we lived. … You know, it's a city, so everywhere has its issues, but it's typically one of the safer areas. Carjackings, robberies — just to the point where I didn't feel safe alone outside if it was dark out, it just isn't a good way to live.

5. Maxine Waters:

   You claim that socialism has engulfed this country, that it keeps creeping, that it's gonna take over private businesses, etc., etc., that is not happening.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CREEPING
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CREEPING
4. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=CREEPING
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=CREEPING