verb🔗ShareArrastrarseTo move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground."The baby turtle crept across the lawn, its belly dragging close to the ground. "La tortuga bebé se arrastraba por el césped, arrastrando su vientre cerca del suelo.animalactionbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareExtenderse, arrastrarseOf plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards."The ivy tends to creep across the brick wall instead of growing straight up. "La hiedra tiende a extenderse por la pared de ladrillo en lugar de crecer hacia arriba.plantbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArrastrarse, acecharTo move slowly and quietly in a particular direction."The cat crept silently across the floor towards the food bowl. "El gato se arrastró silenciosamente por el suelo hacia el cuenco de comida.actiondirectionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAvanzar lentamente, insinuarseTo make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction."The temperature gradually creeped up throughout the day. "La temperatura subió gradualmente a lo largo del día.directionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArrastrarse, acechar, insinuarseTo move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself."The thief crept silently through the school hallway, trying not to be heard. "El ladrón se deslizó silenciosamente por el pasillo de la escuela, tratando de no ser escuchado.actionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDeslizarse, arrastrarseTo slip, or to become slightly displaced."The loose floorboards in the attic creaked and groaned as I crept through the room. "Las tablas sueltas del ático crujieron y gimieron mientras me deslizaba por la habitación.actionphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArrastrarse, adularTo move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn."The new student crept around the class, trying to win the teacher's favor by constantly agreeing with everything she said. "El nuevo estudiante se arrastraba por la clase, tratando de ganarse el favor de la maestra al estar constantemente de acuerdo con todo lo que decía.attitudecharacteractionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSentir un cosquilleo, arrastrarseTo have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl."The cold, damp floor made goosebumps rise and made her skin creep. "El suelo frío y húmedo le hizo sentir un cosquilleo y le hizo arrastrarse por la piel.sensationbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArrastrar en aguas profundas con rastras, como para recuperar un cable submarinoTo drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable."The salvage team will creep the seabed with specialized equipment to locate and recover the lost section of the transatlantic cable. "El equipo de salvamento arrastrará el lecho marino con equipo especializado para localizar y recuperar la sección perdida del cable transatlántico.nauticaltechnologymachineoceansailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEngañar, ser infielTo covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with."He crept on his coworker during their lunch break, hiding his affair from his wife. "Él engañó a su compañera de trabajo durante su hora de almuerzo, ocultando su aventura a su esposa.sexmoralactionhumansocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareArrastreThe movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)"The slow creep of the ants across the kitchen counter was a nuisance. "El lento arrastre de las hormigas por la encimera de la cocina era una molestia.animalactionwayorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFluencia, variación gradualA relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure."The engineer carefully monitored the bridge for any signs of creep in the concrete supports after the heavy truck traffic. "El ingeniero monitoreó cuidadosamente el puente en busca de signos de fluencia en los soportes de concreto después del tráfico de camiones pesados.technicalsciencephysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDesplazamiento, deslizamientoA slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something"The tiny creep of the floorboards signaled someone was walking upstairs. "El ligero desplazamiento de las tablas del suelo indicaba que alguien subía las escaleras.physicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareExpansión gradual, proliferaciónThe gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively."christmas creep"La proliferación navideñanegativetendencysituationprocessbusinesssocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDesplazamientoIn sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it."The book's pages had a noticeable creep, causing the inside pages to stick out more than the outer ones. "Las páginas del libro tenían un desplazamiento notable, lo que hacía que las páginas interiores sobresalieran más que las exteriores.technicalwritingstructureliteraturepartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFluenciaAn increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress."The slow creep of the foundation caused the house to lean slightly over time. "La lenta fluencia de la base hizo que la casa se inclinara ligeramente con el tiempo.materialphysicstechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDeslizamiento lentoThe imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock."The slow creep of the hillside soil made the foundation of the old house unstable. "El lento deslizamiento del suelo de la ladera hizo que los cimientos de la casa antigua fueran inestables.geologyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePersona rara, bicho raroSomeone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.""Everyone avoids talking to Michael; they say he's a real creep." "Todos evitan hablar con Michael; dicen que es un bicho raro.characterpersonhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn tipo raro, un individuo siniestroA frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills."Stop following me, you creep!"¡Deja de seguirme, individuo siniestro!personcharacterhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareValla, barreraA barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through."The farmer used a wire creep to keep the rabbits out of the vegetable garden, but let the chickens through. "El granjero usó una valla de alambre para evitar que los conejos entraran en el huerto, pero dejó pasar a las gallinas.propertyarchitectureanimalagricultureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
