English-Thai Dictionary
creed
N ข้อบัญญัติ ทาง ศาสนา kor-ban-yad-tang-sad-sa-na
creed
N หลัก ความเชื่อ belief doctrine lak-kwam-chuea
creek
N คลอง เล็ก ลำธาร stream spring klong-lek
creek
N ช่องแคบ chong-kaeb
creel
N ตะกร้าช นิดหนึ่ง ใช้ ใส่ ปลา ta-kra-cha-nid-nueng-chai-sai-pla
creep
N การ คลาน kan-klan
creep
N บุคคล ที่ น่ารังเกียจ (คำ สแลง buk-kon-ti-na-rang-kiad
creep
VI คลาน เลื้อย crawl klan
creep
VI ค่อยๆ เพิ่มขึ้น (อย่าง ไม่ทันสังเกต koi-koi-poem-kuen
creep
VI เคลื่อนที่ อย่าง ช้าๆ khuean-ti-yang-cha-cha
creep
VI แสดงถึง การยอม หรือ กลัว งุ้ม ตัว เพราะ ยอม หรือ กลัว cringe fawn sa-daeng-tueng-kan-yom-rue-klua
creep in
PHRV คืบคลาน เข้ามา เล็ดลอด เข้ามา kueb-klan-kao-ma
creep in
PHRV ค่อยๆ เกิดขึ้น ค่อยๆ เข้ามา koi-koi-koed-kuen
creep into
PHRV คืบคลาน เข้ามา เล็ดลอด เข้ามา kueb-klan-kao-ma
creep into
PHRV ค่อยๆ เกิดขึ้น ค่อยๆ เข้ามา koi-koi-koed-kuen
creep on
PHRV ค่อยๆ เข้ามา (เวลา คืบคลาน เข้ามา (เวลา koi-koi-kao-ma
creep over
PHRV ค่อยๆ คลาน ไป ตาม (อย่าง ช้า และ เงียบ แอบ เล็ดลอด เข้ามา ช้าๆ และ เงียบ ทาง koi-koi-klan-pai-tam
creep over
PHRV มีผลต่อ .ทีละน้อย me-pon-tor te-la-noi
creep up
PHRV ดอด เข้ามา ใกล้ แอบ เข้ามา ใกล้ เล็ดลอด เข้ามา ใกล้ dod-kao-ma-klai
creep up
PHRV มากขึ้น เรื่อยๆ mak-kuen-rueai-rueai
creep up on
PHRV ย่อง เข้ามา หา อย่าง ช้าๆ และ เงียบ sneak up on steal up on yong-kao-ma-ha-yang-cha-cha-lae-ngiab
creep up on
PHRV เริ่ม มีผล ทีละน้อย มี มากขึ้น เรื่อยๆ roem-me-pon-ti-la noi
creeper
N สิ่ง ที่ เลื้อย หรือ คลาน sing-ti-lueai-rue-klan
creeper
N ไม้เลื้อย mai-lueai
creepy
ADJ ที่ เคลื่อนไหว ช้า ti-kluean-wai-cha
creepy
ADJ น่าขยะแขยง น่ากลัว disgusting spooky na-ka-ya-ka-yaeng
creepy-crawly
N สิ่ง ที่ ไต่ ยั้วเยี้ยะ (คำ สแลง sing-ti-tai-yua-yia
creepy-crawly
SL หนอน nhon
creepy-crawly
SL แมงมุม mang-mum
creepy-crawly
SL แมลง ma-rang
creese
N กริช kris crease
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CREED
n.[This word seems to have been introduced by the use of the Latin credo, I believe, at the beginning of the Apostles creed, or brief system of Christian faith. See Creed. ] 1. A brief summary of the articles of Christian faith; a symbol; as the Apostolic creed.
2. That which is believed; any system of principles which are believed or professed; as a political creed.
CREEK
v.t.To make a harsh sharp noise. [See Creak. ]
CREEK
n.[See Crack. ] 1. A small inlet, bay or cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
They discovered a certain creek with a shore. Acts 27:39.
2. Any turn in winding.
3. A prominence or jut in a winding coast. [This sense is probably not legitimate. ]
4. In some of the American States, a small river. This sense is not justified by etymology, but as streams often enter into creeks and small bays or form them, the name has been extended to small streams in general.
CREEKY
a.Containing creeks; full of creeks; winding.
CREEP
v.i.[Gr. , the sense is to catch, to grapple; L., to scrape or scratch. ] 1. To move with the belly on the ground, or the surface of any other body, as a worm or serpent without legs, or as many insects with feet and very short legs; to crawl.
2. To move along the ground, or on the surface of any other body, in growth, as a vine; to grow along.
3. To move slowly, feebly or timorously; as an old or infirm man, who creeps about his chamber.
4. To move slowly and insensibly, as time.
To morrow, and to morrow, and to morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
5. To move secretly; to move so as to escape detection, or prevent suspicion.
Of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead away captive silly women. 2 Timothy 3:6.
6. To steal in; to move forward unheard and unseen; to come or enter unexpectedly or unobserved; as, some error has crept into the copy of a history.
7. To move or behave with servility; to fawn.
CREEPER
n. 1. One who creeps; that which creeps; a reptile; also, a creeping plant, which moves along the surface of the earth or attaches itself to some other body, as ivy.
2. An iron used to slide along the grate in kitchens.
3. A kind of pattern or clog worn by women.
4. Creeper or creepers, an instrument of iron with hooks or claws, for drawing up things from the bottom of a well, river or harbor.
5. A genus of birds, the Certhia, or ox-eye, of many species. These birds run along the body or branch of a tree, and when they observe a person near, they run to the side opposite, so as to keep out of sight.
CREEPHOLE
n.A hole into which an animal may creep to escape notice or danger; also, a subterfuge; an excuse.
CREEPING
ppr. Moving on the belly, or close to the surface of the earth or other body; moving slowly, secretly, or silently; moving insensibly; stealing along.
CREEPINGLY
adv. By creeping; slowly; in the manner of a reptile.
CREEPLE
[Not used. ] [See Cripple. ]
CREESE
n.A Malay dagger.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CREED
Creed (krd ), n. Etym: [OE. credo, crede, AS. creda, fr. L. credo I believe, at the beginning of the Apostles' creed, fr. credere to believe; akin to OIr. cretin I believe, and Skr. ; crat trust + dh to put. See Do, v. t., and cf. Credo, Grant. ]
1. A definite summary of what is believed; esp. , a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp. , one which is brief and comprehensive. In the Protestant system the creed is not coördinate with, but always subordinate to, the Bible. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
2. Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to. I love him not, nor fear him; there's my creed. Shak. Apostles' creed, Athanasian creed, Nicene creed. See under Apostle, Athanasian, Nicene.
CREED
CREED Creed, v. t.
Defn: To believe; to credit. [Obs. ] That part which is so creeded by the people. Milton.
CREEDLESS
CREEDLESS Creed "less, a.
Defn: Without a creed. Carlyle.
CREEK
Creek (krk ), n. Etym: [AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. Crick, Crook. ]
1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river. Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. Cowper. They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. Acts xxvii. 39.
2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith.
3. Any turn or winding. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak.
CREEKFISH
CREEKFISH Creek "fish (krk "fsh ), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chub sucker.
CREEKS
Creeks (krks ), n. pl. ; sing. Creek. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
CREEKY
CREEKY Creek "y (krk "), a.
Defn: Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding. "The creeky shore. " Spenser.
CREEL
Creel (krl ), n. Etym: [Gael. craidhleag basket, creel. ]
1. An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Spinning )
Defn: A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
CREEP
Creep (krp ), v. t. [imp. Crept (krpt ) (Crope (kr, Obs. ); p. p. Crept; p. pr. & vb. n. Creeping. ] Etym: [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. Cripple, Crouch. ]
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 tread, or lowly creep. Milton.
2. To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness. The whining schoolboy. .. creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. Shak. Like guilty thing, Icreep. Tennyson.
3. 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. The sothistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. Locke. Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. 2. Tim. iii. 6.
4. 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.
5. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant. To come as humbly as they used to creep. Shak.
6. 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. "Creeping vines." Dryden.
7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i.,4.
8. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
CREEP
CREEP Creep, n.
1. The act or process of creeping.
2. A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects. A creep of undefinable horror. Blackwood's Mag. Out of the stillness, with gathering creep, Like rising wind in leaves. Lowell.
3. (Mining )
Defn: 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.
CREEPER
CREEPER Creep "er (krp "r ), n.
1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing. Standing waters are most unwholesome, ... full of mites,creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. Burton.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc. ; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia ).
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana ) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.
4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.
5. pl.
Defn: A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.
6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
7. pl.
Defn: An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.
8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
9. pl. (Arch. )
Defn: Crockets. See Crocket.
CREEPHOLE
CREEPHOLE Creep "hole ` (-hl `), n.
1. A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.
2. A subterfuge; an excuse.
CREEPIE
CREEPIE Creep "ie (-), n.
Defn: A low stool. [Scot. ]
CREEPINESS
CREEPINESS Creep "i *ness (--ns ), n.
Defn: An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin. She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander.
CREEPING
CREEPING Creep "ing, a.
1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing. " Gen. vi. 2 .
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 (Bot. ), a plant, the Ranunculus repens.- Creeping snowberry, an American plant (Chiogenes hispidula ) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.
CREEPING CHARLIE
CREEPING CHARLIE Creep "ing Char "lie.
Defn: The stonecrop (Sedum acre ).
CREEPINGLY
CREEPINGLY Creep "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly. How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.
CREEPLE
Cree "ple (kr "p'l ), n. Etym: [See Cripple. ]
1. A creeping creature; a reptile. [Obs. ] 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 (1632 ).
2. One who is lame; a cripple. [Obs. ] Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is. Donne.
CREEPY
CREEPY Creep "y (krp "), a.
Defn: Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. [Colloq. ] One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy. R. Browning.
CREES
Crees (krz ), n. pl. ; sing. Cree. (Ethnol.)
Defn: An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.
CREESE
Creese (krs ), n. Etym: [Malay. kris. ]
Defn: A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris. ] From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. Julian Hawthorne.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Cree
Cree |krē kri | ▶noun ( pl. same or Crees ) 1 a member of a American Indian people living in a vast area of central Canada. 2 the Algonquian language of this people, closely related to Montagnais. ▶adjective of or relating to the Cree or their language. ORIGIN from Canadian French Cris, abbreviation of Cristinaux, from Algonquian kiris̆tinō.
creed
creed |krēd krid | ▶noun a system of Christian or other religious belief; a faith: people of many creeds and cultures. • (often the Creed ) a formal statement of Christian beliefs, esp. the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed. • a set of beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions: liberalism was more than a political creed. ORIGIN Old English, from Latin credo .
creedal
creed al |ˈkrēdl | ▶adjective variant spelling of credal.
Creek
Creek |krēk krik | ▶noun ( pl. same ) 1 a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the southeastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries whose descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma. 2 the Muskogean language of this confederacy. ▶adjective of, relating to, or denoting this confederacy. ORIGIN from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama.
creek
creek |krēk, krik krik | ▶noun a stream, brook, or minor tributary of a river. • an inlet in a shoreline, a channel in a marsh, or another narrow, sheltered waterway. PHRASES be up the creek ( without a paddle ) informal be in severe difficulty or trouble, esp. with no means of extricating oneself from it. be up shit creek see shit. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook ’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke; of unknown ultimate origin.
creel
creel |krēl kril | ▶noun 1 a wicker basket for carrying fish. • an angler's fishing basket. 2 a rack holding bobbins or spools for spinning. ORIGIN Middle English ( sense 1; originally Scots and northern English ): of unknown origin. Sense 2 (perhaps the same word ) dates from the mid 19th cent.
creep
creep |krēp krip | ▶verb ( past and past participle crept |krept | ) [ no obj. ] 1 move slowly and carefully, esp. in order to avoid being heard or noticed: he crept downstairs, hardly making any noise | they were taught how to creep up on an enemy. • (of a thing ) move very slowly at an inexorably steady pace: the fog was creeping up from the marsh. • (of a plant ) grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches: (as adj. creeping ) : tufts of fine leaves grow on creeping rhizomes. • (of a plastic solid ) undergo gradual deformation under stress. 2 (creep in /into ) (of an unwanted and negative characteristic or fact ) occur or develop gradually and almost imperceptibly: errors crept into his game | (as adj. creeping ) : the creeping centralization of power. • (creep up ) increase slowly but steadily in number or amount: interest rates have been creeping up in the past few weeks. ▶noun 1 informal a detestable person. • a person who behaves in an obsequious way in the hope of advancement. 2 slow movement, esp. at a steady but almost imperceptible pace: an attempt to prevent this slow creep of costs. • the tendency of a car with automatic transmission to move when in gear without the accelerator being pressed. • the gradual downward movement of disintegrated rock or soil due to gravitational forces: stones and earth slowly slip down the slopes by soil creep. • the gradual deformation of a plastic solid under stress. • gradual bulging of the floor of a mine owing to pressure on the pillars. PHRASES give someone the creeps informal induce a feeling of revulsion or fear in someone. PHRASAL VERBS creep someone out ( past and past participle creeped ) informal give someone an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease: an anonymous note like that would creep me out. ORIGIN Old English crēopan ‘move with the body close to the ground, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruipen. Sense 1 of the verb dates from Middle English.
creeper
creep er |ˈkrēpər ˈkripər | ▶noun 1 Botany any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches. 2 any of a number of small birds that creep around in trees, vegetation, etc. [● ( brown creeper ) the American treecreeper (Certhia americana, family Certhiidae ). ● ( brown creeper ) NZ a New Zealand songbird (Mohoua (or Finschia ) novaeseelandiae, family Pachycephalidae or Acanthizidae ). ● a Philippine songbird (family Rhabdornithidae and genus Rhabdornis: two species ). ● a Hawaiian honeycreeper (genus Paroreomyza, family Drepanididae: three species ).] 3 a low, wheeled platform on which a mechanic lies while working on the underside of a motor vehicle.
creepie
creepie |ˈkriːpi | ▶noun ( pl. creepies ) chiefly Scottish a low stool. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from the verb creep + -ie .
creeping Charlie
creep ing Char lie ▶noun a creeping or trailing plant, in particular: • another term for moneywort. • another term for ground ivy.
creeping Jenny
creep ing Jen ny ▶noun another term for moneywort.
creeping Jesus
creep |ing Jesus ▶noun Brit. informal a person who is obsequious or hypocritically pious.
creepy
creep y |ˈkrēpē ˈkripi | ▶adjective ( creepier, creepiest ) informal causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease: the creepy feelings one often gets in a strange house. DERIVATIVES creep i ly |-pəlē |adverb, creep i ness noun
creepy-crawly
creep y-crawl y |ˈkrôlē ˈˌkripi ˈˌkrɔli | informal ▶noun ( pl. creepy-crawlies ) a spider, worm, or other small, flightless creature, esp. when considered unpleasant or frightening. ▶adjective causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease: creepy-crawly stories.
creese
creese ▶noun archaic spelling of kris.
Oxford Dictionary
Cree
Cree |kriː | ▶noun ( pl. same or Crees ) 1 a member of an American Indian people living in a vast area of central Canada. 2 [ mass noun ] the Algonquian language of the Cree, closely related to Montagnais. It has about 60,000 speakers. ▶adjective relating to the Cree or their language. ORIGIN from Canadian French Cris, abbreviation of Cristinaux, from Algonquian.
creed
creed |kriːd | ▶noun a system of religious belief; a faith: people of many creeds and cultures. • (often the Creed ) a formal statement of Christian beliefs, especially the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed. • a set of beliefs or aims which guide someone's actions: liberalism was more than a political creed. ORIGIN Old English, from Latin credo .
creedal
creed ¦al ▶adjective variant spelling of credal.
Creek
Creek |kriːk | ▶noun ( pl. same ) 1 a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the south-eastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries; their descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma. 2 [ mass noun ] the Muskogean language that was spoken by members of the Creek confederacy. ▶adjective relating to or denoting the Creek or their language. ORIGIN from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama.
creek
creek |kriːk | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a narrow, sheltered waterway, especially an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh. • N. Amer. & Austral. /NZ a stream or minor tributary of a river. PHRASES be up the creek informal 1 (also be up the creek without a paddle ) be in severe difficulty or trouble, especially with no means of extricating oneself from it. 2 Brit. be stupid or misguided. be up shit creek see shit. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook ’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke; of unknown ultimate origin.
creel
creel |kriːl | ▶noun 1 a large wicker basket for holding fish. • an angler's fishing basket. 2 a rack holding bobbins or spools when spinning. ORIGIN Middle English (in sense 1; originally Scots and northern English ): of unknown origin. Sense 2 dates from the mid 19th cent.
creep
creep |kriːp | ▶verb ( past and past participle crept |krɛpt | ) [ no obj. ] 1 [ usu. with adverbial of direction ] move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed: he crept downstairs, hardly making any noise | they were taught how to creep up on an enemy. • (of a thing ) move very slowly and inexorably: the fog was creeping up from the marsh. • (of a plant ) grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches. • (of a plastic solid ) undergo gradual deformation under stress. 2 (creep in /into ) (of a negative characteristic or fact ) occur or develop gradually and almost imperceptibly: errors crept into his game | (as adj. creeping ) : the creeping privatization of the health service. • (creep up ) increase slowly but steadily in number or amount: gas prices have been creeping up for a while. ▶noun 1 informal a detestable person. • a person who behaves obsequiously in the hope of advancement. 2 [ mass noun ] slow steady movement, especially when imperceptible: an attempt to prevent this slow creep of costs. • the tendency of a car with automatic transmission to move when in gear without the accelerator being pressed. • the gradual downward movement of disintegrated rock or soil due to gravity. • the gradual deformation of a plastic solid under stress. • gradual bulging of the floor of a mine owing to pressure on the pillars: the mines were unworkable because of creep. 3 Brit. an opening in a hedge or wall for an animal to pass through. • a feeding enclosure for young animals, with a long, narrow entrance. 4 [ mass noun ] Brit. solid food given to young farm animals in order to wean them. PHRASES give someone the creeps informal induce a feeling of revulsion or fear in someone. PHRASAL VERBS creep someone out ( past and past participle creeped ) informal give someone an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease: an anonymous note like that would creep me out. creep to Brit. informal behave obsequiously towards (someone ) in the hope of advancement. ORIGIN Old English crēopan ‘move with the body close to the ground ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruipen. Sense 1 of the verb dates from Middle English.
creeper
creep ¦er |ˈkriːpə | ▶noun 1 Botany any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches. 2 [ with modifier ] any of a number of small birds that creep around in trees or vegetation: ● ( brown creeper ) N. Amer. the American treecreeper (Certhia americana, family Certhiidae ). ● ( brown creeper ) NZ a New Zealand songbird (Mohoua (or Finschia ) novaeseelandiae, family Pachycephalidae or Acanthizidae ). ● a Philippine songbird (family Rhabdornithidae and genus Rhabdornis: two species ). ● a Hawaiian honeycreeper (genus Paroreomyza, family Drepanididae: three species ). 3 informal (creepers ) short for brothel creepers.
creepie
creepie |ˈkriːpi | ▶noun ( pl. creepies ) chiefly Scottish a low stool. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from the verb creep + -ie .
creeping Charlie
creep ing Char lie ▶noun a creeping or trailing plant, in particular: • another term for moneywort. • another term for ground ivy.
creeping Jenny
creep |ing Jenny ▶noun a trailing evergreen European plant with round glossy leaves and yellow flowers, growing in damp places and by water. Also called moneywort. ●Lysimachia nummularia, family Primulaceae.
creeping Jesus
creep |ing Jesus ▶noun Brit. informal a person who is obsequious or hypocritically pious.
creeping paralysis
creep |ing par |aly ¦sis ▶noun less technical term for locomotor ataxia.
creepy
creepy |ˈkriːpi | ▶adjective ( creepier, creepiest ) informal causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease: the creepy feelings one often gets in a strange house. DERIVATIVES creepily adverb, creepiness noun
creepy-crawly
creepy-crawly |kriːpiˈkrɔːli | ▶noun ( pl. creepy-crawlies ) informal a spider, worm, or other small flightless creature, especially when considered unpleasant or frightening. ▶adjective causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease: creepy-crawly stories.
creese
creese ▶noun archaic spelling of kris.
American Oxford Thesaurus
creed
creed noun 1 people of many creeds and cultures: faith, religion, religious belief, religious persuasion, church, denomination, sect. 2 his political creed: system of belief, set of beliefs, beliefs, principles, articles of faith, ideology, credo, doctrine, teaching, dogma, tenets, canons.
creek
creek noun marsh marigolds grow along the creek: stream, river, brook, rivulet, freshet, runnel, rill, tributary, watercourse, bourn; informal crick. PHRASES up a /the creek when I saw the condition of the spare tire, I knew we were up a creek: in trouble, in difficulty /difficulties, in a mess, in a predicament; informal in a pickle, in a jam, in a fix.
creep
creep verb Tim crept out of the house: tiptoe, steal, sneak, slip, slink, sidle, pad, edge, inch; skulk, prowl. ▶noun informal he's such a creep! See bastard (sense 2 of the noun ).
creeper
creeper noun See vine.
creeps
creeps plural noun PHRASES give someone the creeps informal Pam says he's a nice guy, but he still gives me the creeps: repel, repulse, revolt, disgust, sicken, nauseate, make someone's flesh creep, make someone's skin crawl; scare, frighten, terrify, horrify; informal gross out, freak out, creep out.
creepy
creepy adjective informal the old apple trees look creepy in the dim moonlight: frightening, eerie, disturbing, sinister, weird, hair-raising, menacing, threatening, eldritch; informal spooky, scary, freaky.
Oxford Thesaurus
creed
creed noun 1 the godparents will swear that they believe in the creed: system of belief, set of principles, statement of beliefs, profession of faith; doctrine, teaching, ideology, ethic, dogma, tenet, catechism, credo; beliefs, principles, canons, articles of faith, maxims, rules, laws. 2 jobs should be available to all, irrespective of race or creed: faith, religion, religious belief (s ), religious persuasion, religious conviction, religious group, faith community, church; persuasion, affiliation, denomination, sect, body, following, communion, order, school, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood.
creek
creek noun 1 Brit. they're dredging for oysters in the creek: tidal inlet, inlet, arm of the sea, estuary, bay, bight, fjord, gulf, sound; Scottish firth, frith; in Orkney & Shetland voe; technical ria; rare fleet, armlet. 2 N. Amer. & Austral. /NZ stream, rivulet, brook, river, tributary, backwater.
creep
creep verb 1 he saw her creep under the bench: crawl, move on all fours, move on hands and knees, pull oneself, inch, edge, slither, slide, squirm, wriggle, writhe, worm, worm one's way, insinuate oneself. 2 Tim crept out of the house in his pyjamas: sneak, steal, slip, slink, sidle, skulk, pad, prowl, tiptoe, pussyfoot, soft-shoe, tread warily, move stealthily, move furtively, move unnoticed, walk quietly. 3 informal they're always creeping to the boss: grovel, crawl, toady, fawn, cower, cringe, truckle, kowtow, bow and scrape, prostrate oneself; be servile towards, be sycophantic towards, dance attendance on, ingratiate oneself with, curry favour with; flatter, woo, pay court to, get round; informal suck up to, make up to, be all over, fall all over, lick someone's boots, butter up, rub up the right way, keep sweet, sweet-talk, soft-soap; N. Amer. informal brown-nose; archaic blandish. ▶noun 1 he's just a little creep who's got his sights set on Bella's money: sycophant, obsequious person, crawler, groveller, truckler, toady, fawner, flatterer, lickspittle, doormat, kowtower, spaniel, Uriah Heep; informal bootlicker, yes-man; N. Amer. informal suck-up, brown-nose, brown-noser; Brit. vulgar slang arse-licker, bum-sucker; N. Amer. vulgar slang ass-kisser, suckhole; archaic toad-eater. 2 informal some creep had broken into his home: rogue, villain, wretch, reprobate; informal beast, pig, swine, rat, bastard, louse, snake, snake in the grass, skunk, dog, weasel, lowlife, scumbag, heel, stinker, stinkpot, bad lot, son of a bitch, s.o.b., nasty piece of work; Brit. informal scrote; Irish informal spalpeen, sleeveen; N. Amer. informal rat fink, fink; Austral. informal dingo; informal, dated hound, bounder, blighter, rotter; vulgar slang shit; dated cad, scoundrel; archaic blackguard, dastard, vagabond, knave, varlet, cur, wastrel.
creeper
creeper noun the tree trunks were covered with creepers and fungi: climbing plant, trailing plant; vine, trailer, climber, rambler.
creeps
creeps plural noun PHRASES give someone the creeps informal his slow smile gave her the creeps: scare, frighten, terrify, horrify, haunt; repel, repulse, revolt, disgust, sicken, nauseate, be repugnant to, be distasteful to, make shudder; make someone's flesh creep, make someone's skin crawl, make someone's blood run cold, make someone's gorge rise, turn someone's stomach; informal freak someone out, give someone the heebie-jeebies, make someone want to throw up.
creepy
creepy adjective informal that house can be a pretty creepy place: frightening, scaring, terrifying, hair-raising, spine-chilling, blood-curdling, chilling, petrifying, alarming, shocking, harrowing, horrifying, horrific, horrible, awful, nightmarish, macabre, ghostly; disturbing, eerie, sinister, weird, menacing, ominous, threatening; Scottish eldritch; informal spooky, freaky, scary, hairy. ANTONYMS relaxing, pleasant.
Duden Dictionary
Creek
Creek Substantiv, maskulin Geografie , der |kriːk |der Creek; Genitiv: des Creeks, Plural: die Creeks englisch creek, Herkunft ungeklärt, wohl aus dem Germanischen 1 kleine Bucht an einer Meeresküste, die durch Überflutung einer früheren Flussmündung entstanden ist (z. B. in Ostafrika )2 kleiner Flusslauf (in den USA )3 zeitweise ausgetrockneter Wasserlauf (in Australien )
French Dictionary
créer
créer v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Faire quelque chose de rien. : Créer un nouveau produit, une nouvelle mode. SYNONYME concevoir ; imaginer ; inventer ; produire . 2 Mettre sur pied. : Madeleine a créé une entreprise. SYNONYME constituer ; former . 3 Produire, susciter. : Ces incertitudes ont créé un malaise. SYNONYME causer ; engendrer ; occasionner ; provoquer . créer
Spanish Dictionary
creencia
creencia nombre femenino 1 Idea o pensamiento que se asume como verdadero :una falsa creencia muy extendida relaciona el sangrado nasal con una subida de la tensión arterial; la generalizada creencia de que la enseñanza universitaria es insuficiente favorece la proliferación de los másters .2 Conjunto de creencias, de normas de comportamiento y de ceremonias de oración o sacrificio que son propias de un determinado grupo humano y con las que el hombre reconoce una relación con la divinidad (un dios o varios dioses ):una parte importante de la población no abandonó su creencia, como es el caso de los mozárabes y de los judíos; tiene fuertes creencias de tipo religioso .Se usa también en plural con el mismo significado .SINÓNIMO religión .3 creencias nombre femenino plural Conjunto de principios ideológicos de una persona, un grupo social o un partido político :posee un sistema de creencias básicas, que son defendidas enérgicamente por la mayoría de los científicos .SINÓNIMO credo .
creer
creer verbo intransitivo 1 Considerar una cosa como verdadera o segura o pensar que existe, sin tener pruebas de su certeza o un conocimiento directo de la misma :creían en la continuación de la vida en el más allá .2 verbo transitivo Considerar una cosa como posible o probable, sin llegar a tener una certeza absoluta de ello :no cree que le sea difícil ganar; yo creo que también va un poco en función de cada pareja .SINÓNIMO suponer .3 Tener [alguien ] una opinión respecto de algo :tal vez creerá que exagero; tengo buen aspecto para mi edad, creo; lo que debo hacer, creo yo, es proporcionarles ayuda .4 Pensar de algo o de alguien que es lo que se expresa con un adjetivo o con un nombre :no la creo tan capaz como dice; creo mi deber decirle la verdad .5 verbo intransitivo Tener confianza en las posibilidades de una persona o de una cosa :al recoger el premio dio las gracias a todos los que habían creído en ella .6 Tener confianza en algo o pensar que es bueno o eficaz :creer en el sistema democrático .7 Tener creencias religiosas :creer en Dios; su hijo no creía .8 creerse verbo pronominal Considerar [alguien ] que tiene ciertas características o virtudes, o que socialmente ocupa un lugar relevante, aunque no sea realmente cierto :se cree muy bello; ¿qué se ha creído, que puede hacer lo que quiera por ser hijo de quien es? hacer creer Convencer a alguien de que es cierta una mentira :le hizo creer que su madre se había ido solo por unos días .SINÓNIMO persuadir .no (me ) puedo creer Fórmula intensiva para mostrar sorpresa, indignación, etc. :todavía no puedo creer que haya sido capaz de semejante atrocidad .no (te ) creas Expresión enfática que se añade a una frase en la que se afirma algo que no es evidente o se le quiere restar importancia .que te crees tú eso o que te lo has creído Esp coloquial Fórmula intensiva para negar algo que pretende una persona :llevarte a mi hombre, que te crees tú eso, antes muerta . VÉASE creer en pajaritos; creerse el hoyo del queque; creerse el muy muy ; no creerle la paja . Conjugación [61 ] como leer .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
creed
creed /kriːd /名詞 複 ～s /-dz /C ｟かたく ｠1 (一般に )信条 , 信仰 , 主義 , 綱領 (credo ); (宗教上の )信条 , 信仰 , 教義 〘キリスト教の信仰を告白の形式に要約したもの; →dogma 〙; 宗教 , 宗派 ▸ There are people of every race, color and creed in this city .あらゆる民族, 皮膚の色, 宗教の人々がこの街にはいる 2 〖the C- 〗＝credo 2 .
creek
creek /kriːk , ｟米 ｠krɪk / (! creakと同音 ) 名詞 複 ～s /-s /C 1 ｟英 ｠(海 川 湖などの )小さな [細長い ]入り江 .2 ｟米 豪 ｠小川 , 細流 (stream ).ù p the [｟俗 ｠shit ] cr é ek (with ò ut a p á ddle )｟くだけた話 ｠ひどく困って, まったくひどい ; 誤って .
creep
creep /kriːp /〖原義は 「はう 」〗動詞 ～s /-s /; crept /krept /; ～ing (→分詞 creeping )自動詞 1 〖creep ＋副詞 〗〈人 動物などが 〉 (気づかれないように )忍び足で歩く , ゆっくり動く ; ｟米 ｠はう , はって進む (crawl 1 ); 〈自動車などが 〉ゆっくり進む , 徐行する (away, up ) (!副詞 はaround, along, intoなど方向 到着点の表現 ) ▸ She crept downstairs to the kitchen for water .彼女は水を飲みにそっと階段を下りていった ▸ A car began to creep down the hill .車が山をゆっくりと下り始めた 2 〈数 量 割合などが 〉 «…まで » 徐々に達する (up ); 落ち込む (down ) «to » ▸ Tom's weight crept up to 100 kilograms .トムの体重は徐々に増え100キロまで達した 3 〈望ましくない事態などが 〉 «…に » (知らぬ間に )忍び寄る , 入り込む (in, back ) «into , over » ; 〈感情 顔色などが 〉 «…に » 浮かんでくる, 徐々に広がる (in ) «into, across, over » ▸ Genetically modified food is creeping into our lives .遺伝子組み換え食品は我々の生活に入り込んでいる 4 〈ツタなどの植物が 〉【壁 地面などを 】はう , はい上がる , からまる (up ) «over , around » ▸ The vines began to creep upward around the columns .つるが柱にからまってはい上がり始めた 5 〈霧 雲 日光などが 〉 «…に » 次第にたれ込める (in ), 差し込む «into , over , across , along » ▸ The cold air crept into the hall .冷たい空気が廊下に入り込んできた 6 〈手などが 〉 «…を » (そっと )なでる «across , around » .7 ｟英 くだけて ｠【上役 権力者などに 】おべっかを使う , ごまをする (up ) «to » .8 〈肌が 〉 (恐怖 嫌悪感などで )ぞっとする .9 〈金属などが 〉 (重圧 熱などで )ひずむ, 変形する ; 〘地 〙〈地層などが 〉漸動する .cr è ep b ý 〈時間が 〉ゆっくりと過ぎて行く .cr è ep í n 1 ↑自動詞 3 , 5 .2 〈過失 失言などが 〉出る .3 〈言葉 習慣などが 〉徐々に使われ始める ; 浸透し始める .cr é ep into A 1 ↑自動詞 1 , 3 , 5 .2 〈過失 失言などが 〉A 〈書物など 〉に散見される ; 出てくる .3 〈言葉 習慣などが 〉A 〈言語 人々など 〉に徐々に浸透し始める .cr è ep A ó ut [ó ut A ]｟米 くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉を怖がらせる, ぞっとさせる .cr è ep ú p on A 1 〈人が 〉A 〈人 〉にこっそり近づく .2 〈感情 考え 状態などが 〉 (知らないうちに )A 〈人 〉に起こる, 徐々に増す ; 予想より早く来る ▸ At this time of the year the darkness creeps up on you so fast .1年のこの時期には夕暮れが予想より早く来る 名詞 1 C ｟主に米 くだけて ｠(本当に )嫌なやつ .2 C ｟英 くだけて ｠上役におべっかを使う [ごまをする ]やつ .3 U (計画などの )変更 .4 〖単数形で 〗はうこと , 徐行 .5 U (金属などの )ひずみ ; 〘地 〙下降漸動 〘地表に近い岩石や土壌がゆっくり斜面を落下する現象 〙.g ì ve A the cr é eps ｟くだけた話 ｠A 〈人 〉をぞっとさせる .
creeper
cr é ep er 名詞 1 C つる植物 〘ツタ ブドウなど 〙.2 C はう人 ; はうもの ; 木によじのぼる鳥 .3 C アイゼン, すべり止め .4 〖～s 〗ゴム底の靴 .5 U 〘海 〙深海 鉤 （こう ）.
creeping
cr é ep ing 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗(地面を )はう 〈ツタなど 〉; 忍び寄る 〈危険など 〉.～̀ J é sus ｟英俗 ｠こそこそするやつ, ひきょう者 .
creepy
creep y /kríːpi /形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠1 ぞっとする [させる ] (ような ), 身の毛のよだつ .2 はうように動く 〈昆虫など 〉.
creepy-crawly
cr é epy-cr à wly 名詞 複 -ies C ｟主に英話 ｠はう虫 (!通例クモ ミミズ ウジ虫など不快感を与えるもの ) .
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