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creep | crow |

As verbs the difference between creep and crow

is that creep is to move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground while crow is to make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in joy, gaiety, or defiance.

As nouns the difference between creep and crow

is that creep is the movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails while crow is a bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.

As proper nouns the difference between creep and crow

is that creep is the Committee to Re-elect the President, which raised money for Richard Nixon's campaign for 1972 reelection while Crow is a Native American tribe.

creep

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) crepen, from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
    • Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken near him.
  • Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
  • To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
    • He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.
  • To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
    • Prices have been creeping up all year.
  • To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
    • Old age creeps upon us.
  • * John Locke
    • the sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument
  • To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
    • The collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying.
    The quicksilver on a mirror may creep .
  • To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
    • a creeping sycophant
  • * Shakespeare
    • to come as humbly as they used to creep
  • To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
    • The sight made my flesh creep .
  • To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
    • Synonyms
    * (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground) crawl * (grow across a surface rather than upwards) * (move slowly and quietly in a particular direction) * (make small gradual changes)
    Derived terms
    * creep up on * creepy / creepy-crawly * give someone the creeps * creep someone out

    Etymology 2

    From the above verb.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
  • A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
  • A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
  • The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
    • Christmas creep'''. Feature '''creep'''. Instruction '''creep'''. Mission ' creep
  • (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
  • (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
  • (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
  • (informal, pejorative) An annoying irritating person
  • (informal, pejorative) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.
    • Stop following me, you creep !
  • (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
    • Derived terms
    * bracket creep * Christmas creep * feature creep * focus creep * function creep ((function creep)) * instruction creep ((instruction creep)) * mission creep ((mission creep)) * requirement creep ((requirement creep)) * scope creep * season creep

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    crow

    English

    (wikipedia crow)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) ‘to crow’. See below.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus , having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
  • * 1922 , E.R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroborus
    • Gaslark in his splendour on the golden stairs saying adieu to those three captains and their matchless armament foredoomed to dogs and crows on Salapanta Hills.
  • A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
  • * 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, page 267:
    • He approached the humble tomb in which Antonia reposed. He had provided himself with an iron crow and a pick-axe: but this precaution was unnecessary.
  • The cry of the rooster.
  • A gangplank () used by the Roman navy to board enemy ships.
  • (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
    • Synonyms
    * (bar) crowbar * (cry of a rooster) cock-a-doodle-doo
    Derived terms
    * American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos ) * as the crow flies * Australian crow (Corvus orru ) * Banggai crow (Corvus unicolor ) * bare-faced crow (Corvus tristis ) * Bismarck crow (Corvus insularis ) * black crow (Corvus capensis ) * Bougainville crow (Corvus meeki ) * brown-headed crow (Corvus fuscicapillus ) * cape crow (Corvus capensis ) * carrion crow (Corvus corone ) * Celebes pied crow (Corvus typicus ) * collared crow (Corvus torquatus ) * Cuban crow (Corvus nasicus ) * Danish crow * eastern jungle crow (Corvus (macrorhynchos) levaillantii ) * eat crow * Eurasian crow (Corvus corone ) * fish crow (Corvus ossifragus ) * Flores crow (Corvus florensis ) * grey crow (Corvus tristis ) * Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis'', ''Corvus tropicus ) * high-billed crow * hooded crow (Corvus cornix ) * hoodiecrow * house crow (Corvus splendens ) * Indian house crow (Corvus splendens ) * Indian jungle crow (Corvus (macrorhynchos) culminatus ) * Iraq pied crow (Corvus (cornix) capellanus ) * Jamaican crow (Corvus jamaicensis ) * jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos ) * large-billed crow (Corvus (macrorhynchos) macrorhynchos ) * little crow (Corvus bennetti ) * long-billed crow (Corvus validus ) * Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi ) * Mesopotamian crow (Corvus (cornix) capellanus ) * New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides ) * New Ireland crow * northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus ) * palm crow (Corvus palmarum ) * pied crow (Corvus albus ) * piping crow (Corvus typicus ) * Puerto Rican crow (Corvus pumilis ) * Robust crow (Corvus viriosus ) * Salomon Islands crow (Corvus meeki'', ''Corvus woodfordi ) * Scotch crow * Sinaloan crow (Corvus sinaloae ) * slender-billed crow (Corvus enca ) * Somali crow (Corvus (ruficolis) edithae ) * stone the crows * Tamaulipas crow (Corvus imparatus ) * Torresian crow (Corvus orru ) * violaceous crow (Corvus (enca) violaceus ) * white-billed crow (Corvus woodfordi ) * white-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus )
    Related terms
    * crow eater
    See also
    * caw * murder of crows (= flock of crows) * raven

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    Etymology 2

    (etyl) ). Related to (m).

    Verb

  • To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in joy, gaiety, or defiance.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The morning cock crew loud.
  • * 1962 , (Bob Dylan),
    • When your rooster crows at the break o' dawn
    Look out your window and I'll be gone.
  • To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
    • He's been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.
  • To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
  • * Tennyson
    • the sweetest little maid that ever crowed for kisses
  • * 1913 , :
    • Hearing the miner's footsteps, the baby would put up his arms and crow .
  • (music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.