creep

Definitions(定義)

Noun: someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Noun: a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
Noun: a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
Noun: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
Verb: move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
Verb: to go stealthily or furtively
Verb: grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
Verb: show submission or fear

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The shadows seem to creep along the walls at dusk.(夕暮れ時、影が壁を這うように見える。)
I felt a creep of anxiety as the deadline approached.(締切が近づくにつれ、不安がじわじわと押し寄せてきた。)
In the stillness of night, I could hear a faint creep.(静かな夜に、かすかな這う音が聞こえた。)

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
Noun: the traffic moved at a creep
Verb: The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
Verb: ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor’s house
Verb: ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): cower, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, cringe, fawn, grovel, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak, spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): bend, change of location, diffuse, locomotion, pen, travel, unpleasant person, walk

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accompany, advance, aggravator, alienator, amble, ambulate, anathema, angle, arch, ascend, ascension, asshole, automobile, back, bang, beetle, betake oneself, billow, bore, bounce, brachiation, breeze, caravan, career, carry, circle, circuit, circulate, circulation, clump, cold fish, come, cow pen, crawl, creep, critic, crook, crouch, cruise, cunt, curl up, cynic, dance step, derail, descend, descent, do, double over, drag, draw, drive, ease, egotist, entrance, fall, fawn, ferry, float, flock, flounce, flow, fly, fold, follow, foot, forge, gait, get around, ghost, glide, go around, grabber, gravitation, grouch, hike, hiss, holding pen, hurtle, incubus, incurvate, island hop, jog, joker, kraal, lance, lap, lean, levitation, limp, lollop, lumber, lurch, mantle, march, mince, monster, oppressor, outflank, pace, paddock, pain, pan, pass, pass over, pawer, peasant, perambulate, percolate, pharisee, pill, pinfold, play, plow, prance, precede, precess, prima donna, proceed, progress, promenade, propagate, prowl, prude, pursue, push, raft, repair, retreat, retroflex, retrograde, return, ride, rise, rodeo, roll, rotter, round, run, rush, scoffer, scold, scramble, seek, selfish person, shuffle, shuttle, sift, ski, skulk, sleepwalk, slice into, slink, slither, slog, slouch, sneak, sneerer, snob, snorter, snowshoe, spacewalk, speed, spread, stagger, stalk, stampede, steamer, step, stomp, stray, stride, stroke, stroll, stumble, sty, swap, swash, swim, swing, tap, taxi, tiptoe, tittup, toddle, toe, trail, traipse, tram, tramp down, transfer, translation, travel, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, tread, trundle, turn, unpleasant woman, upstart, vulgarian, wade, walk, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whiner, whish, whisk, whistle, withdraw, worm, zigzag, zoom

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): formicate

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: coward, crawl, crawler, crawling, creep, creeper, creeping, creepy, fawner, groveler, groveller, sneak

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative