nnoun.acta slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the bodySynset:crawl crawling creep
Examples:- a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
- the traffic moved at a creep
Derivationally Related Form:creepcrawl
Hypernyms:locomotion travel
Inherited Hypernyms:crawllocomotionmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motionmove slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the groundSynset:crawl creep
Examples:- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
Derivationally Related Form:creepercrawlercreepcrawlingcrawlcreeping
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:crawltravel
Direct Hyponyms:formicate
Full Troponyms:formicate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s PP | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: creep) | The streets --- with crowds (apply to: creep, crawl)
vverb.motionto go stealthily or furtivelySynset:creep mouse pussyfoot sneak
Examples:- ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
Derivationally Related Form:creepercreepsneak
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:sneakwalktravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | The children --- to the playground (apply to: creep, pussyfoot, sneak)
vverb.motiongrow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)Examples:- ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings
Derivationally Related Form:creeper
Hypernyms:diffuse fan out spread spread out
Inherited Hypernyms:creepdiffusespread
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motionshow submission or fearSynset:cower crawl creep cringe fawn grovel
Derivationally Related Form:grovelercowardcrawlergrovellerfawner
Hypernyms:bend flex
Inherited Hypernyms:fawnbendchange shapechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP