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