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1. A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
   - crawl, crawling, creep

1. Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
   - crawl
    
2. To go stealthily or furtively
   - sneak, mouse, pussyfoot
    
3. Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
   "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
    
4. Show submission or fear
   - fawn, crawl, cringe, cower, grovel

Derived forms: creepings

See also: creeper

Type of: bend, diffuse, fan out, flex, go, locomote, locomotion, move, spread, spread out, travel, walk

Encyclopedia: Creep