creep

nouns

someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

creep, spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy

is derived from

a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

creep

is a type of (narrower)

a movement through space that changes the location of something

a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

creep

is a type of (narrower)

an enclosure for confining livestock

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"

crawl, crawling, creep, creeping

move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

crawl, creep

is derived from

is derived from

to go stealthily or furtively

"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

creep, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak

is derived from

grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

"ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"

creep

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

move outward

"The soldiers fanned out"

show submission or fear

cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel