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"etymology_text": "From Middle English crepere, from Old English crēopere, equivalent to creep + -er. Slang usage derived from phrase give the creeps or creep out (distinct from merely one who creeps).",
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"ref": "1638 [1621], Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, page 71",
"text": "Standing Waters[…] are most unwholesome, putrified, and full of mites, creepers, slimy, muddy, uncleane, corrupt, impure, by reason of the Suns heat, and still standing;",
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"ref": "2020 May 7, Katie Rife, “If you’re looking to jump in your seat, make a playdate with Z”, in The Onion AV Club",
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}
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"sense": "person or thing that creeps",
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"sense": "person or thing that creeps",
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"word": "Kriecher"
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"(often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper."
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{
"word": "snapsuit"
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"A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing."
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"(chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons."
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"An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water."
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"Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen."
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"roman": "perpatoúra",
"sense": "device for children",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "περπατούρα"
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"sense": "device for children",
"word": "girello"
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"sense": "plant",
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"ref": "1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies",
"text": "Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.",
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"Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus."
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[
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"roman": "lota",
"sense": "plant",
"word": "লতা"
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"roman": "bel",
"sense": "plant",
"word": "বেল"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pǎlzjašto rastenie",
"sense": "plant",
"tags": [
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"word": "пълзящо растение"
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"roman": "rkrk",
"sense": "plant",
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"english": "any creeper",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plant",
"word": "köynnös"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plante grimpante"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Kriechpflanze"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "plant",
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"word": "Kletterpflanze"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anarrichitikó fytó",
"sense": "plant",
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"neuter"
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"word": "αναρριχητικό φυτό"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "latā",
"sense": "plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "लता"
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"roman": "vallī",
"sense": "plant",
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{
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"sense": "plant",
"word": "kúszónövény"
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"sense": "plant",
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "plant",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "plant",
"word": "pianta rampicante"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "plant",
"word": "pianta strisciante"
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"sense": "plant",
"word": "つる植物"
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"sense": "plant",
"tags": [
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"code": "sa",
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"code": "es",
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"word": "rastrera"
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"lang": "Tocharian B",
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"code": "txb",
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"Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States."
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"word": "rastrera"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "plant",
"word": "laitke"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "plant",
"word": "śkwarya"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "draga",
"sense": "grapnel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "драга"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grapnel",
"word": "naara"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grapnel",
"word": "kotróhorgony"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grapnel",
"word": "raffio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grapnel",
"word": "rampino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grapnel",
"word": "ancorotto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lowest gear",
"word": "ryömintävaihde"
}
],
"word": "creeper"
}
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