Commentary: CREEP[+person][+role][+weirdo][+unpleasant]
Examples:
Mary had to sit next to a creep for a six hour flight.
Sally thought all the boys in her class were creeps.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: CREEP[+process][+movement][+locomotion][+slow]
Examples:
Traffic slowed to a creep across the bridge during rush hour.
The bird did not see or hear the cat's quiet creep through the grass.
The governor tried to hold down the slow creep of costs on the project. (metaphoric extension)
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: CREEP[+process][+movement][+deformation][+slow][+of_form]
Examples:
Soil creep on the hillside has exposed roots of some of the plants.
Over many years, the creep in the glass of the window caused subtle waves.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: CREEP[+artifact][+enclosure][+fenced][+for_animals][+young]
Examples:
The lambs are able to come and go from the creep, but the larger sheep cannot.
The farmer built a wooden creep for his piglets.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: IDIOM: GIVE_ONE_THE_CREEPS
Examples:
That horror movie gave me the creeps.
It gave her the creeps to think of a snake crawling into her sleeping bag.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom