creeping

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Creep Source: opted

2. a. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. Source: opted

3. a. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. Source: opted

4. n. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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 Source: ecdict

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