To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
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.
A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
To alter slightly.
To shield (someone or something) from light.
To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
To darken, particularly in drawing.
To surpass by a narrow margin.
To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
To shield oneself from light.
Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
A ghost or specter; a spirit.
A subtle variation in a concept.
A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
Subtle insults.
A candle-shade.
A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.