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Dictionary: creep·ing   (krē'pĭng) pronunciation
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Developing gradually over a period of time: "a creeping sense of cultural dread" (Andrew Sullivan).


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Veterinary Dictionary: creeping
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1. gradual progression of a lesion or tissue growth.
2. prostrate growth pattern of a plant, e.g. c. buttercup (Ranunculus repens), c. caustic (Euphorbia drummondii), c. charlie (Glechoma hederacea), c. Crofton weed (Eupatorium riparium), c. indigo (Indigofera spicata), c. knapweed (Acroptilon repens), c. lantana (Lantana montevidensis), c. mallow (Modiola carolinianum), c. millotia (Millotia greevesii), c. oxalis (Oxalis corniculata), c. saltbush (Atriplex semibaccata).

  • c. eruption — see cutaneous larva migrans.
  • c. substitution — gradual penetration across a fracture site by osteogenic tissue followed by bone formation.
Botanical Glossary: Creeping
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Prostrate or trailing over the ground or over other plants.


WordNet: creeping
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body)
  Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep


The adjective creeping has one meaning:

Meaning #1: moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously especially by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground
  Synonym: crawling


 
 
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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
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