creep1/kriːp/●●○verb(past tense and past participlecrept/krept/)[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]1to move in aquiet,carefulway, especially toavoidattractingattentioncreep into/over/around etcJohann would creep into the gallery to listen to the singers.He crept back up the stairs,...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics:Plants,Naturecreep1/kriːp/●●○verb(past tense and past participlecrept/krept/)[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]1to move in aquiet,carefulway, especially toavoidattractingattentioncreep into/over/around etcJohann would creep into...
We don't know why the phrasal verbcreep outalways forms its past tense (and past participle) withcreeped. The phrasal verb is an extension of a 500-year-old verb meaning ("to have the sensation of being covered with creeping things") that is no more likely to form its past tense ascr...
crept past tense and past participle ofcreep(v.). grovel(v.) 1590s, Shakespearean back-formation fromgroveling"on the face, prostrate" (mid-14c.), also used in Middle English as an adjective but probably really an adverb, fromgruffe, from Old Norsegrufe"prone" + obsolete adverbial suffix...
Old English creopan "to move the body near or along the ground as a reptile or insect does" (class II strong verb; past tense creap, past participle cropen), from Proto-Germanic *kreupanan (source also of Old Frisian kriapa, Middle Dutch crupen, Old Norse krjupa "to creep"), perhap...
(kriːp) –past tense past participle crept (krept) – verb 1. to move slowly, quietly or secretly. He crept into the bedroom.deslizarse, moverse despacio/furtivamente, avanzar cautelosamente/sigilosamente 2. to move on hands or knees or with the body close to the ground. The cat...
(kriːp) –past tense past participle crept (krept) – verb 1. to move slowly, quietly or secretly. He crept into the bedroom.deslizarse, moverse despacio/furtivamente, avanzar cautelosamente/sigilosamente 2. to move on hands or knees or with the body close to the ground. The cat...
creep1/kriːp/●●○verb(past tense and past participlecrept/krept/)[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]1to move in aquiet,carefulway, especially toavoidattractingattentioncreep into/over/around etcJohann would creep into the gallery to listen to the singers.He crept back up the stairs,...
ロングマン現代英英辞典より関連するトピック:Plants,Naturecreep1/kriːp/●●○verb(past tense and past participlecrept/krept/)[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]1to move in aquiet,carefulway, especially toavoidattractingattentioncreep into/over/around etcJohann would creep into the gallery...
Old English creopan "to creep" (class II strong verb; past tense creap, past participle cropen), from Proto-Germanic *kreupan (cognates: Old Frisian kriapa, Middle Dutch crupen, Old Norse krjupa "to creep"), perhaps from a PIE root *g(e)r- "crooked" [Watkins]. Related: Crept; ...