Noun
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a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
"a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"
"the traffic moved at a creep"
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a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
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a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
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someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Verb
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show submission or fear
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grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
"ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
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to go stealthily or furtively
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
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move slowly
in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"