"creeping" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹiːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-creeping.ogg Forms: creepings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English creping, crepynge, from Old English crēopung, equivalent to creep + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|creping}} Middle English creping, {{inh|en|ang|crēopung}} Old English crēopung, {{af|en|creep|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} creep + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} creeping (plural creepings)
  1. The act of something that creeps. Related terms: creeping bent, creeping bentgrass, creeping cinquefoil, creeping foxglove, creeping freehold, creeping phlox, creeping zinnia
    Sense id: en-creeping-en-noun-~93I6e7c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹiːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-creeping.ogg
Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English crepynge, crepinde, crepende, crepande, from Old English crēopende, from Proto-Germanic *kreupandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to creep, crawl”), equivalent to creep + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crepynge}} Middle English crepynge, {{inh|en|ang|crēopende}} Old English crēopende, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kreupandz}} Proto-Germanic *kreupandz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*kreupaną|t=to creep, crawl}} Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to creep, crawl”), {{suf|en|creep|ing}} creep + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} creeping
  1. present participle and gerund of creep Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: creep
    Sense id: en-creeping-en-verb-31-NUuf0 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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