creeping
121creeping wintergreen — noun creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil • Syn: ↑teaberry, ↑wintergreen, ↑checkerberry, ↑mountain tea, ↑groundberry,… …
122creeping jennie — ˈjenē noun Usage: usually capitalized J 1. : moneywort 2. : wild cucumber c 3. : ground pine 4. : field bindweed …
123creeping pholx — noun : a perennial phlox (Phlox stolonifera) with long creeping leafy runners …
124creeping palsy — noun see creeping paralysis …
125creeping — creep·ing || krɪËpɪŋ adj. sneaking, slithering, crawling; climbing, growing upward n. sneaking, slithering, crawling, wriggling kriËp n. person who makes one s skin crawl (Slang) v. crawl; climb; sneak, move along quietly and slowly …
126creeping in — sneaking in, infiltrating …
127creeping — a. 1. Crawling. 2. Fawning, sycophantic. 3. (Bot.) Growing on the ground or on supports …
128creeping — Colloquial for procumbent or prostrate. Cf. erect …