creep

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for creep

creep 🔊 /kɹiˈp/

creep : රිංගා යනවා

creep : ඇදීයාම

creep : හිරිවැටීම

creep : ඇදී යනවා

creep : සෙමින් යනවා

creep : බඩගානවා

creep : රිංගායෑම

creep : රිංගනවා

creep : හොරෙන් යනවා

creep : බඩගායෑම

creep : බඩගා යනවා

creep : රහසින් යනවා

creep : ඇදී යාම

creep : රූරාව

creep definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.
  2. To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.
  3. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us.
  4. To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.
  5. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.
  6. To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length.
  7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, Verb. i., 4.

Intransitive verb. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Noun.

  1. The act or process of creeping.
  2. A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.
  3. A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.