creep

avancer à pas de loup, se faufiler

Avancer lentement et sans bruit, souvent pour éviter de se faire remarquer.

En anglais simple : To move slowly and quietly, often to avoid being noticed.

• I crept into the room.
• Can you creep past the guard?
• She was creeping downstairs when the light came on.

Comment l'utiliser : creep up on someone (The cat crept up on the bird.)

Synonymes : sneak, tiptoe

Expressions courantes : creep past someone, creep into something, creep up on someone

évoluer progressivement, augmenter peu à peu

Changer petit à petit au fil du temps, notamment en augmentant lentement.

En anglais simple : To change by small amounts over time.

• Prices creep up every year.
• The temperature crept higher during the afternoon.
• Costs have been creeping down lately.

Synonymes : drift

Expressions courantes : creep up, creep higher, creep down

ramper

Avancer lentement en gardant le corps près du sol.

En anglais simple : To move slowly with the body close to the ground.

• A lizard crept across the sand.
• Snakes creep through the grass.
• We watched a beetle creep along the wall.

Synonymes : crawl

Expressions courantes : creep along, creep across something

s’insinuer, se glisser

Entrer ou s’intégrer dans quelque chose si lentement ou discrètement qu’on le remarque à peine.

En anglais simple : To enter or become part of something so slowly or quietly that people hardly notice.

• Doubt began to creep in.
• Errors crept into the final report.
• A feeling of loneliness crept up on him.

Comment l'utiliser : creep into something (Fear crept into her voice.); creep up on someone (Exhaustion crept up on me.)

Synonymes : slip in

Expressions courantes : creep in, creep into something, creep up on someone

s’étendre, grimper

Pour une plante, pousser en s’étendant sur le sol ou sur une autre surface.

En anglais simple : To grow along the ground or over a surface.

• Ivy creeps up the wall.
• The vine crept across the fence.
• These plants creep along the ground.

Synonymes : trail, spread

Expressions courantes : creep up something, creep over something

se déplacer, glisser

Bouger légèrement par rapport à sa position de départ.

En anglais simple : To shift slightly from the original position.

• The coating may creep during drying.
• The film crept slightly across the surface.
• We checked whether the rubber would creep under pressure.

Synonymes : shift, slip

Expressions courantes : creep during drying, creep under pressure

type louche, sale type

Personne dont le comportement met mal à l’aise ou fait peur.

En anglais simple : Someone whose behavior makes you feel uncomfortable or afraid.

• That man is a creep.
• Some creep kept following us.
• Why does she think he is such a creep?

Synonymes : weirdo

Expressions courantes : a real creep, such a creep

évolution progressive, hausse progressive

Changement lent, souvent une hausse, dans un chiffre ou une quantité mesurée.

En anglais simple : A slow change in a number or measured amount.

• Price creep reduced our savings.
• We noticed a slow creep in costs.
• The upward creep in temperature worried the researchers.

Comment l'utiliser : creep in something (There has been a gradual creep in prices.)

Synonymes : drift

Expressions courantes : price creep, upward creep, creep in something