Creep

  • 11creep — ● creep ou creeping nom masculin (anglais to creep, ramper, ou creeping, reptation) Lente descente du sol, consistant en une infinité de petits déplacements des particules meubles, les unes par rapport aux autres, sous l effet de la pesanteur et… …

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  • 12creep — s.n. (geol.) Deplasare lentă a particulelor care alcătuiesc depozitele diluviale către partea inferioară a unui versant; fluaj. [pron. crip, scris şi crip. / < engl., fr. creep]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 16.02.2005. Sursa: DN  CREEP CRIP/ s. n …

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  • 13creep — ► VERB (past and past part. crept) 1) move slowly and carefully, especially to avoid being noticed. 2) move or progress very slowly and steadily. 3) (of a plant) grow along the ground or other surface by extending stems or branches. 4) (creep to) …

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  • 14creep — [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,… …

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  • 15creep — (v.) O.E. creopan to creep (class II strong verb; past tense creap, pp. cropen), from P.Gmc. *kreupanan (Cf. O.Fris. kriapa, M.Du. crupen, O.N. krjupa to creep ), from PIE root *greug . As a noun, a creeping motion, from 1818; meaning despicable… …

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  • 16creep by — ˌcreep ˈby [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they creep by he/she/it creeps by present participle creeping by past tense …

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  • 17Creep — Creep. См. Ползучесть. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 18creep — index prowl Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19creep — [v] crawl along, usually on ground approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe*, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe;… …

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  • 20creep|ie — «KREE pee», noun, or creepie stool, Scottish. a low stool: »On the creepie stool, chubby Isaac absorbed the wonder of half comprehended words (New Yorker) …

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