crawl crawling creep creeping | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body, a crawl was all that the injured man could manage, the traffic moved at a creep |
contortion deformation | the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) |
creep | a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot |
permanent magnet static magnet | a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field |
permanent press durable press | a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape |
permanent wave permanent perm | a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals |
permanent tooth adult tooth | any of the teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age |
permanent injunction final injunction | injunction issued on completion of a trial |
creep | a slow longitudinal movement or deformation |
deformation | alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it |
distortion deformation | a change for the worse |
creep feed | feed given to young animals isolated in a creep |
creep weirdo weirdie weirdy spook | someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric |
bracket creep | a movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases |
f tons dozens heaps lots piles scores stacks loads rafts slews wads oodles gobs scads lashings | a large number or amount, made lots of new friends, she amassed stacks of newspapers |
sneak in creep in | enter surreptitiously, He sneaked in under cover of darkness, In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in |
crawl creep | move slowly, in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground, The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed |
sneak mouse creep pussyfoot | to go stealthily or furtively, ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house |
creep up sneak up | advance stealthily or unnoticed, Age creeps up on you |
creep | grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface), ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings |
fawn crawl creep cringe cower grovel | show submission or fear |
free burning sustained | (of an electric arc) continuous, heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs |
sustained | maintained at length without interruption or weakening, sustained flight |
self-sustained | needing no outside support |
drip-dry permanent-pres | used of fabrics that do not require ironing, drip-dry shirts for travel |
permanent lasting | continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place, permanent secretary to the president, permanent address, literature of permanent value |
permanent | not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition, permanent brain damage |