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{
"term": "creep",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "creep",
"heSheIt": "creeps"
},
"pastSimple": "crept",
"pastParticiple": "crept",
"ingForm": "creeping"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents."
},
{
"text": "I heard someone creeping around the house."
},
{
"text": "He crept stealthily along the corridor."
},
{
"text": "She crept up behind me."
},
{
"text": "I could hear someone creeping around downstairs."
},
{
"text": "He crept forward towards the sound of voices."
},
{
"text": "She crept into her sister's room."
},
{
"text": "The cat was creeping stealthily through the long grass."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["quietly", "silently", "slowly"],
"preposition": ["along", "down", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to move with your body close to the ground; to move slowly on your hands and knees",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"examples": [],
"synonyms": "crawl",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["quietly", "silently", "slowly"],
"preposition": ["along", "down", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to move or develop very slowly",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her arms crept around his neck."
},
{
"text": "A slight feeling of suspicion crept over me."
},
{
"text": "A feeling of dread crept over him."
},
{
"text": "Trucks are creeping along Interstate 70 in convoys."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to grow along the ground or up walls using long stems or roots",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to be too friendly or helpful to somebody in authority in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get an advantage from them",
"sensetop": "creep (to somebody)",
"labels": "(British English, informal, disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's always creeping to the boss."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make you feel afraid or full of horror",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Just the sight of him makes my flesh creep."
},
{
"text": "The story made his flesh creep."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kriːp/",
"audio": "cr/creep/creep__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kriːps/",
"audio": "cr/creep/creeps__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/krept/",
"audio": "cr/creep/crept__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkriːpɪŋ/",
"audio": "cr/creep/creeping__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kriːp/",
"audio": "cr/creep/creep__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kriːps/",
"audio": "cr/creep/creeps__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/krept/",
"audio": "cr/creep/crept__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkriːpɪŋ/",
"audio": "cr/creep/creeping__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English crēopan ‘move with the body close to the ground’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruipen. Sense 1 of the verb dates from Middle English."
}