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adj. Developing gradually over a period of time: "a creeping sense of cultural dread” ( Andrew Sullivan).

v. Present participle of creep.

adj. Crawling, or moving close to the ground.

adj. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.

n. In submarine work, the act of dragging with creepers or grapnels to recover a lost object.

n. Stalking or still-hunting, as for moose or deer.

n. Motion of the rails of a railroad in the direction of traffic, due to a number of causes.

n. The slip of a belt or rope which is driving one pulley from another: due to working or elasticity in the belt or rope.

n. In electricity, the slow drifting or moving of an instrument or meter at no load, due to inaccurate adjustment or to a slow change of the suspension.

n. In geology, same as creep, 5.

n. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

"“The flooding in Africa just now is the worst anyone can remember,” Sir John said, expressing frustration at how little media attention in the west was being devoted to what he terms creeping climatic catastrophe."

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beeping    bleeping    heaping    keeping    leaping    peeping    reaping    safekeeping    seeping    sleeping