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Word Meanings - UNDERCREEP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To creep secretly or privily. Wyclif.

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  • CREEPY
    Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy. R. Browning.
  • CREEPLE
    1. A creeping creature; a reptile. There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. Morton . 2. One who is lame; a cripple. Thou knowest how lame a creeple
  • PRIVILY
    In a privy manner; privately; secretly. Chaucer. 2 Pet. ii. 1.
  • CREEPINESS
    An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin. She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander.
  • CREEPIE
    A low stool.
  • CREEPING CHARLIE
    The stonecrop .
  • CREEPINGLY
    by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly. How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.
  • CREEP
    to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
  • CREEPER
    A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia). (more info) 1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing. Standing waters are most unwholesome, . .
  • WYCLIFITE; WYCLIFFITE
    A follower of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.
  • CREEPHOLE
    1. A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger. 2. A subterfuge; an excuse.
  • SECRETLY
    In a secret manner.
  • CREEPING
    1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing." Gen. vi. 20. 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. Casements lined with creeping herbs. Cowper. Ceeping crowfoot
  • UNDERCREEP
    To creep secretly or privily. Wyclif.

 

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