creep
part of speech
verb (creep, creeps, crept, creeping); noun (a creep, creeps)
meaning for a pupil
1) To creep means to move slowly and quietly so no one notices you. tree →
2) To creep means to move slowly along the ground, like an insect or a plant growing up a wall. tree →
3) Something creeps in when it slowly appears, like a mistake. tree →
4) A creep is an unpleasant person, especially one who makes others feel uneasy. tree →
5) The creeps is a feeling of fear or disgust. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Creeping thing" in the Torah means small animals and insects that move low along the ground. Many are listed as unclean for food. In the primary lessons: In stories, characters creep down dark stairs or creep up on someone. In nature, ivy and other plants creep along walls. In safety lessons, if someone gives you the creeps, tell a trusted adult. Phrases: creep up on, creep in, give someone the creeps, creepy-crawly.
examples
- every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark. (Torah GEN.8.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.' And it was so. (Torah GEN.1.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. (Torah GEN.6.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; (Writings PSA.148.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great. (Writings PSA.104.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. (Writings PSA.104.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- The cat crept towards the bird. tree →
- We crept downstairs so we wouldn't wake the baby. tree →
- Ivy crept up the old wall. tree →
- A spider crept across the floor. tree →
- Mistakes can creep into your work if you rush. tree →
- That dark house gives me the creeps. tree →
- He crept up behind me and said boo! tree →
- Long shadows came creeping over the ground. tree →
note
Irregular verb: creep, crept, crept (not creeped). Adjective: creepy. A creepy-crawly is a small insect or spider. Trust your feelings: if a person seems creepy, move away and tell a grown-up.
In the corpora
- the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
- And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
- Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
- Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great.
- You watch a snow leopard creep across a cliff for three thrilling minutes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «creep» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.