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Definition: Creep In |
Creep InVerb1. Enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Creep InSynonym: sneak in (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ingress | Verb: have the entree; enter; go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in; set foot on; ingress; burst in upon, break in upon; invade, intrude; insinuate itself; interpenetrate, penetrate; infiltrate; find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Creep In |
| Specialty definitions using "creep in": creep strength. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "creep in": Irreptitious. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I looked at the clock when you creep in (My Favorite Mistake; performing artist: Sheryl Crow) Sunday morning creep in like a nun. (Lady Madonna; performing artist: The Beatles) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
creep in | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "creep in"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вмъквам се (inch, steal in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vkrádat se. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spaendingudligning ved krybning i statisk ubestemte konstruktioner (redistribution of stress due to creep in indeterminate structures), krybning i kontrollerede komplekse atmosferen (creep in controlled complex atmospheres). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kruip in beheerste complexe atmosferen (creep in controlled complex atmospheres), herverdeling van spanningen bij kruip in onbepaalde constructies (redistribution of stress due to creep in indeterminate structures). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | redistribution des tensions dues au fluage dans des constructions hyperstatiques (redistribution of stress due to creep in indeterminate structures), fluage en atmosphères complexes contrôlées (creep in controlled complex atmospheres). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sich einschleichen (slip in, sneak in, steal in), hineinschleichen (slip in), hineinkriechen (slip in), hereinschleichen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ερπυσμός σε ελεγχόμενο σύνθετο περιβάλλον (creep in controlled complex atmospheres), ανακατανομή των τάσεων που οφείλονται σε ερπυσμό σε στατικά αόριστες κατασκευές (redistribution of stress due to creep in indeterminate structures). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bebújik (to get through, to slip into, to slip on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scorrimento in atmosfere complesse controllate (creep in controlled complex atmospheres), ridistribuzione delle tensioni dovute allo scorrimento nelle strutture staticamente indeterminate (redistribution of stress due to creep in indeterminate structures). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 忍び込む (to creep in, to steal in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しのび"む (to creep in, to steal in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eepcray inay deformação plástica em atmosferas complexas controladas (creep in controlled complex atmospheres). (various references) закрасться, заползать, проскочить (slip past). (various references) uvući se (insinuate, slip in, steal in), potkradati (steal), dopuzati (crawl in, crawl over). (various references) redistribución de la tensión por fluencia en construcciones estáticamente endeterminadas (redistribution of stress due to creep in indeterminate structures). (various references) krypa in (crawl in, nestle), insmyga. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | insinuans, insinuate. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-n-p-r" | |
-1 letter: piecer, pierce, pincer, prince, recipe, repine. | |
-2 letters: creep, crepe, cripe, nicer, niece, pence, piece, preen, price, repin, ripen. | |
-3 letters: cepe, cere, cine, cire, epic, erne, neep, nice, peen, peer, pein, peri, pice, pier, pine, pirn, pree, rein, rice, ripe. | |
-4 letters: cee, cep, ere, ern, ice, ire, nee, nip, pec, pee, pen, per, pic, pie. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-n-p-r" | |
+1 letter: creeping, encipher, penciler, prentice, terpenic. | |
+2 letters: crispened, enciphers, epicenter, epicurean, intercept, pencilers, percaline, phrenetic, preceding, prenticed, prentices, prescient, princelet, princesse, prurience, reception, recipient, reinspect. | |
+3 letters: apprentice, compeering, creepiness, enciphered, encipherer, epicenters, epicentral, epicureans, excerpting, excerption, experience, hyperpneic, imprudence, intercepts, interspace, necropsied, necropsies, nonreceipt, percalines, perceiving, percentile, perception, percipient, perfecting, perfection, pernickety, pertinence, pertinency, pickeering, pincerlike, precenting, precessing, precession, prefinance, prelecting, prelection, prescience, prescinded, presidency, princelets, princelier, princesses, probenecid, proceeding, prominence, providence, pruriences, putrescine, receipting, receptions, recipients, reinspects, respecting, sceptering, underprice. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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