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creeping

/ˈkɹiːpɪŋ/ noun B2
  1. The act of something that creeps.

Plural creepings

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Rikki-tikki was too well bred to bite or scratch, but as soon as Teddy was asleep he went off for his nightly walk round the house, and in the dark he ran up against Chuchundra, the muskrat, creeping around by the wall.
The Jungle Book, p. 72 · B2
We are going to decorate the hall with creeping spruce and fir mottoes with pink tissue-paper roses in them.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 185 · C1
It was delightful to rattle along over the moist roads in the early red sunlight that was creeping across the shorn harvest fields.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 235 · C1
One by one the mice came creeping back, and Toto did not bark again, although he tried to get out of the Woodman’s arms, and would have bitten him had he not known very well he was made of tin.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 53 · B2

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