Thesaurus: creeping

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Creep
2. a. Crawling, or moving close to the ground.
3. a. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
4. n. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
5. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing." Gen. vi. 20. 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. Casements lined with creeping herbs. Cowper. Ceeping crowfoot (Bot.), a plant, the Ranunculus repens.- Creeping snowberry, an American plant (Chiogenes hispidula) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.
6. j:100 n a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body v move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground v to go stealthily or furtively v grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) v show submission or fear