creeper

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n.
  1. One that creeps.
  2. Botany. A plant that spreads by means of stems that creep.
  3. See cradle (sense 4).
  4. A grappling device for dragging bodies of water, such as lakes or rivers.
  5. A one-piece fitted garment for an infant.
  6. creepers A metal frame with a spike or spikes, attached to a shoe or boot to prevent slipping, especially on ice.


1. A brick in the wall adjacent to an arch, cut to conform to the curvature of the extrados.
2. (pl.) Same as crocket.


creeper, common name for members of a family of small, inconspicuous birds related to wrens and nuthatches. They are found in wooded regions of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. A creeper spirals up a tree trunk using its long, stiff tail as a prop and searches out minute insects with its long, downward-curved beak; it then swoops to the base of another tree to begin again. The most widely distributed member of the family is the brown creeper, Certhia familiaris, found in North America and Eurasia. It is 5 in. (13 cm) long, brown above and white below. Other North American creepers are the Rocky Mt., Sierra, and California creepers. Some warblers are also called creepers, e.g., the honey creeper. Creepers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Certhiidae.



A prostrate or trailing plant.

creeper

noun pl.
noun pl.

Shoes with soft soles. (1904 —) .
E. Blishen Real up-to-the-minute yobo's thick-soled creepers (1955). Cf. brothel-creepers noun pl.



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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slyngplante, træløber, sko med gummisåler

Nederlands (Dutch)
klimplant, kruipend dier, (mv) schoenen met zachte zolen, plateautje met wielen voor onder de auto, ijskrap, kruippakje

Français (French)
n. - liane, plante grimpante, plante rampante, (US, Tech) chariot

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kriechpflanze, Kletterpflanze, Baumläufer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναρριχητής, αναρριχητικό φυτό, (πληθ.) λαστιχένια ή πάνινα παπούτσια

Italiano (Italian)
rampicante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rastejador (m)

Русский (Russian)
вьющееся растение, (множ.) шлепанцы

Español (Spanish)
n. - enredadera, planta trepadora

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krypväxt, trädkrypare (zool.), dragg (sjö.), liten plattform på hjul

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
爬行者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 爬行者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 기는 것, 내리닫이, 아이젠

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - はうもの, つる植物, はいはい着

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نبات متسلق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צמח מטפס, זוחל, נעלי-גומי, ציפור מטפסת (על עצים), חליפת-תינוק‬


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