creep – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of creep

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to creep in
Participle: crept in
Gerund: creeping in

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Icreep in
youcreep in
he;she;itcreeps in
wecreep in
youcreep in
theycreep in

Perfect

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

Past

Icrept in
youcrept in
he;she;itcrept in
wecrept in
youcrept in
theycrept in

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Icreep in
youcreep in
he;she;itcreep in
wecreep in
youcreep in
theycreep in

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Icrept in
youcrept in
he;she;itcrept in
wecrept in
youcrept in
theycrept in

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youcreep in
weLet's creep in
youcreep in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)