Creep

Kannada Meaning

English Meaning

1. To move with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees.
2. To move stealthily or cautiously.
3. To move or proceed very slowly: Traffic creeps at that hour.
4. Botany To grow or spread along a surface, rooting at intervals or clinging by means of suckers or tendrils.
5. Botany To grow horizontally under the ground, as the rhizomes of many plants.
6. To slip out of place; shift gradually.
7. To have a tingling sensation, made by or as if by things moving stealthily: a moan that made my flesh creep.
8. The act of creeping; a creeping motion or progress.
9. Slang An annoyingly unpleasant or repulsive person.
10. A slow flow of metal when under high temperature or great pressure.
11. A slow change in a characteristic of electronic equipment, such as a decrease in power with continued usage.
12. Geology The slow movement of rock debris and soil down a weathered slope.
13. Informal A sensation of fear or repugnance, as if things were crawling on one's skin: That house gives me the creeps.