What does CREEPING mean?
Definitions for CREEPING
creep·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Creeping
of Creep
Creepingadjective
crawling, or moving close to the ground
Creepingadjective
growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
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,
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CREEPING in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CREEPING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of CREEPING in a Sentence
The combination of the Chinese stock market rout and creeping crude glut is weighing on oil, that said, Brent's still seeing support above $50 and U.S. crude is staying above $45. There's a lot of hedging going on at those levels.
It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.
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.
God will shield us from all harm and sickness, we are not afraid. We are called by God to stand against the Antichrist creeping into America's borders. We will spread the Gospel.
When I came out here two hours after this crash happened, I was doing one mile an hour creeping along the interstate because I could not see in front of my vehicle.
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