Crawl vs. Creep

To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep

To move with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees.

To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops

To move stealthily or cautiously.

To proceed or act servilely

To move or proceed very slowly

To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things

To grow or spread along a surface, rooting at intervals or clinging by means of suckers or tendrils.

To swim the crawl.

To grow horizontally under the ground, as the rhizomes of many plants.

The action of moving slowly on the hands or knees or dragging the body along the ground.

To slip out of place; shift gradually.

An extremely slow pace

To have a tingling sensation, made by or as if by things moving stealthily

(Sports) A rapid swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.

The act of creeping; a creeping motion or progress.

A set of letters or figures that move across, up, or down a movie or television screen, usually giving information, such as film credits or weather alerts. Also called crawler.

(Slang) An annoyingly unpleasant, unsettling, or repulsive person.

A social activity that consists of going to a series of related establishments one after the other

A slow flow of metal when under high temperature or great pressure.

A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles.

A slow change in a characteristic of electronic equipment, such as a decrease in power with continued usage.

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

A usually unplanned and gradual shift or increase in uses or objectives away from what was originally specified or limited. Often used in combination

(intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.

(Geology) The slow movement of rock debris and soil down a weathered slope.

(intransitive) To act in a servile manner.

Creeps Informal A sensation of fear or repugnance, as if things were crawling on one's skin

(intransitive) Followed by with: see crawl with.

(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

(intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.

To grow across a surface rather than upwards.

To swim using the crawl stroke.

(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.

(transitive) To move over (an area) on hands and knees.

(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.

(transitive) To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.

To slip, or to become slightly displaced.

The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.

The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).

To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.

A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.

To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

(figurative) A very slow pace.

To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.

A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).

A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.

A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.

To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.

A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.

To move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.

(uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.

To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.

(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.

The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.

(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.

A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.

(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.

A very slow movement;

Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.

A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.

A slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body);

(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;

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.

Feel as if crawling with insects;

To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.

Be crawling with;

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us.

Show submission or fear

To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.

Swim by doing the crawl;

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.

To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length.

To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

The act or process of creeping.

A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.

A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.

Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

A slow longitudinal movement or deformation

A pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

A slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body);

Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;

To go stealthily or furtively;

Grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example);

Show submission or fear