creep Meaning and Definition

1. n. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

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

3. n. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

4. n. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

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

6. v. to go stealthily or furtively

7. v. grow in such a way as to cover (a building)

8. v. show submission or fear