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verbWhen people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room.The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.If something creeps somewhere, it moves very slowly.Mist had crept in again from the sea.If something creeps in or creeps back, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it.Insecurity might creep in.An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game....a proposal that crept through unnoticed at the National Council in December.Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes.The public are concerned at the creeping privatisation of core police functions.If a rate or number creeps up to a higher level, it gradually reaches that level.The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent.The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four.nounIf you describe someone as a creep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people. C1

word	creep
definition	verb When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly. Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room. The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole. If something creeps somewhere, it moves very slowly. Mist had crept in again from the sea. If something creeps in or creeps back, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it. Insecurity might creep in. An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game. ...a proposal that crept through unnoticed at the National Council in December. Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes. The public are concerned at the creeping privatisation of core police functions. If a rate or number creeps up to a higher level, it gradually reaches that level. The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent. The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four. noun If you describe someone as a creep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people.
inflections	creepscreepingcreptbootlickercrawler
cefr-level	C1

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