creep – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of creep

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to creep
Participle: crept
Gerund: creeping

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Icreep
youcreep
he;she;itcreeps
wecreep
youcreep
theycreep

Perfect

Ihave crept
youhave crept
he;she;ithas crept
wehave crept
youhave crept
theyhave crept

Past

Icrept
youcrept
he;she;itcrept
wecrept
youcrept
theycrept

Pluperfect

Ihad crept
youhad crept
he;she;ithad crept
wehad crept
youhad crept
theyhad crept

Future

Iwill creep
youwill creep
he;she;itwill creep
wewill creep
youwill creep
theywill creep

Future Perfect

Iwill have crept
youwill have crept
he;she;itwill have crept
wewill have crept
youwill have crept
theywill have crept

Subjunctive

Present

Icreep
youcreep
he;she;itcreep
wecreep
youcreep
theycreep

Perfect

Ihave crept
youhave crept
he;she;ithave crept
wehave crept
youhave crept
theyhave crept

Imperfect

Icrept
youcrept
he;she;itcrept
wecrept
youcrept
theycrept

Pluperfect

Ihad crept
youhad crept
he;she;ithad crept
wehad crept
youhad crept
theyhad crept

Conditional

Present

Iwould creep
youwould creep
he;she;itwould creep
wewould creep
youwould creep
theywould creep

Perfect

Iwould have crept
youwould have crept
he;she;itwould have crept
wewould have crept
youwould have crept
theywould have crept

Imperative

youcreep
weLet's creep
youcreep

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam creeping
youare creeping
he;she;itis creeping
weare creeping
youare creeping
theyare creeping

Perfect

Ihave been creeping
youhave been creeping
he;she;ithas been creeping
wehave been creeping
youhave been creeping
theyhave been creeping

Past

Iwas creeping
youwere creeping
he;she;itwas creeping
wewere creeping
youwere creeping
theywere creeping

Pluperfect

Ihad been creeping
youhad been creeping
he;she;ithad been creeping
wehad been creeping
youhad been creeping
theyhad been creeping

Future

Iwill be creeping
youwill be creeping
he;she;itwill be creeping
wewill be creeping
youwill be creeping
theywill be creeping

Future Perfect

Iwill have been creeping
youwill have been creeping
he;she;itwill have been creeping
wewill have been creeping
youwill have been creeping
theywill have been creeping

Conditional

Present

Iwould be creeping
youwould be creeping
he;she;itwould be creeping
wewould be creeping
youwould be creeping
theywould be creeping

Perfect

Iwould have been creeping
youwould have been creeping
he;she;itwould have been creeping
wewould have been creeping
youwould have been creeping
theywould have been creeping

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'creep'

creep, feel, keep, lose, oversleep, sleep, sweep, weep, becreep, besleep, book-keep, bookkeep, cosleep, downsweep, foreweep, forsleep, gatekeep, housekeep, increep, kape, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'creep'

cheep, creed, creel, dreep, freep, becreep, beep, bleep, breed, careen,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to move stealthily
hake, shug, skulk, slink, slive, sneak, steal, tiptoe
skulk
cower, slink, lurk, sneak, steal, prowl, slither, cat

Additional Information

Cf. Old English crēopan (creep), hlēapan (leap), slǣpan (sleep), swāpan (sweep) and wēpan (weep).

Etymology

1. O.E. creopan "to creep" (class II strong verb; past tense creap, pp. cropen), from P.Gmc. *kreupanan, from PIE base *greug-. Use for "despicable person" is 1935, Amer.Eng. slang, perhaps from earlier sense of "sneak thief" (1914). Creepy (1831) refers to the sensation of creeping in the flesh caused by horror or repugnance. Creepy-crawly first recorded 1858. The creeps first attested 1849, in Dickens.
2. From Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ- (“to turn, wind”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with West Frisian krûpe (“to creep, crawl”), Central Franconian kruffe (“to creep, crawl”), Dutch kruipen (“to creep, crawl”), Low German krepen, krupen (“to creep, crawl”), Danish krybe (“to creep”), Faroese krúpa (“to creep”), Icelandic krjúpa (“to kneel down, to genuflect, to get down on one's knees”), Norwegian Bokmål krype (“to creep”), Norwegian Nynorsk krjupa, krjupe, krypa, krype (“to creep, crawl”), Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”).
5. The noun is derived from the verb.
6. Etymology tree
7. Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der.
8. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną
9. Proto-West Germanic *kreupan
10. Old English crēopan
11. Middle English crepen
12. English creep See: Middle English 'crepen', Proto-Germanic '*kreupaną', Dutch 'kruipen', Low Saxon 'krepen', Danish 'krybe', Faroese 'krúpa', Icelandic 'krjúpa', Norwegian 'krype', Norwegian, nynorsk 'krjupa', Swedish 'krypa'.

Verbs referencing "creep"

English crab, Norwegian, nynorsk krypa, Swedish krypa, Scots Gaelic crùb, Icelandic krjúpa, Danish krybe, Low Saxon krupen, Low Saxon krepen.

Sample Sentences

  • My own two hands, and feet likewise, being very cold, however, on this particular occasion, I crept below at midnight. It was not exactly comfortable below. It was decidedly close; and it was impossible to be unconscious of the presence of that extraordinary compound of strange smells, which is [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Yes, sold him ! ” said Eliza, firmly; “ I crept into the closet by Mistress ’ door tonight, and I heard Master tell Missis that he had sold my Harry, and you, Uncle Tom, both, to a trader; and that he was going off this morning on his horse, and [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] as if he had been summoned from the grave. He had a white rabbit in his breast; and when the little creature, getting down upon the ground, stole back into the cell, and he, being dismissed, crept timidly after it, I thought it would have been very hard to say in what respect the man was the nobler animal of the two. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] yet upon the soil: and the log-house only this morning begun. As we pass this clearing, the settler leans upon his axe or hammer, and looks wistfully at the people from the world. The children creep out of the temporary hut, which is like a gipsy tent upon the ground, and clap their hands and shout. The dog only glances round at us, and then looks up into his master 's face again, as if he [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] mystic scene of retribution ! Legree dreamed. In his heavy and feverish sleep, a veiled form stood beside him, and laid a cold, soft hand upon him. He thought he knew who it was; and shuddered, with creeping horror, though the face was veiled. Then he thought he felt _that hair_ twining round his fingers; and then, that it slid smoothly round his neck, and tightened and tightened, and he could not draw [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • These sounds were, from time to time, heard by the servants, and revived in full force the memory of the old ghost legend. A superstitious creeping horror seemed to fill the house; and though no one dared to breathe it to Legree, he found himself encompassed by it, as by an atmosphere. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] she found an immense box, in which some heavy pieces of furniture had once been brought, turned on its side, so that the opening faced the wall, or rather the eaves. Cassy lit a small lamp, and creeping round under the eaves, they established themselves in it. It was spread with a couple of small mattresses and some pillows; a box near by was plentifully stored with candles, provisions, and all the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)