(of a plant) having a stem that grows horizontally along the ground and throws outroots at intervals
2.
(of a process or change) happening slowly and stealthily, without being noticed
Examples of 'creeping' in a sentence
creeping
In the darkness, she could hear the curtains creeping on the draught.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
Whereas gardeners try to extirpate creeping buttercup, they frequently cultivate creeping jenny.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Clover is difficult to control in lawns, as it spreads by low-growing, creeping stems.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is a creeping tendency of choosing not to hear the irony in anything.
The Sun (2012)
All related terms of 'creeping'
creep
When people or animals creep somewhere , they move quietly and slowly.
creeping Jennie
a European and North American creeping primulaceous plant, Lysimachia nummularia, with round leaves and yellow flowers
creeping Jesus
an obsequious or servile person
creeping myrtle
any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca , such as V . minor ( lesser periwinkle ) and V. major ( greater periwinkle ), having trailing stems and blue flowers
creeping phlox
a North American plant, Phlox subulata, forming dense mosslike mats : cultivated for its pink , white, or lavender flowers: family Polemoniaceae
creeping eruption
a skin eruption with intense itching , caused by the burrowing of various larvae under the skin
creeping paralysis
any slow process that causes a system, government, etc, to stop working efficiently
creeping thistle
a weedy Eurasian thistle , Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US
creeping cinquefoil
See under cinquefoil (sense 1 )
creeping bent grass
a grass , Agrostis stolonifera , grown as a pasture grass in Europe and North America: roots readily from the stem
creep up on
If you creep up on someone, you move slowly closer to them without being seen by them.
ground pink
a North American plant, Phlox subulata, forming dense mosslike mats : cultivated for its pink , white, or lavender flowers: family Polemoniaceae
moss pink
a North American plant, Phlox subulata, forming dense mosslike mats : cultivated for its pink , white, or lavender flowers: family Polemoniaceae
pennywinkle
any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca , such as V . minor ( lesser periwinkle ) and V. major ( greater periwinkle ), having trailing stems and blue flowers
periwinkle
Periwinkle is a plant that grows along the ground and has blue flowers.
trailing myrtle
any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca , such as V . minor ( lesser periwinkle ) and V. major ( greater periwinkle ), having trailing stems and blue flowers
fiorin
a temperate perennial grass , Agrostis stolonifera