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creep
Noun
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When an animal moves with its belly close to the ground.
The creep of the snake makes it frightening.
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Small movement of an object.
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Small and progressive changes of a measure.
Few people noticed the creep of the prices this year.
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A very annoying person who makes you nervous.
Stop staring at me all the time, you creep!
creep
Verb
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An animal creeps when it moves with its belly close to the ground.
Snakes and lizards creep.
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A plant creeps when it grows close to the ground or stuck to a wall, instead of growing upwards.
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To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction, like a snake can move.
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To change slowly and gradually.
When prices creep, some people do not immediately notice the changes.
point
Noun
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A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.
These two lines meet at this point.
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A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing.
He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can.
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The point of something is the reason or purpose for it.
The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it.
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A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.
The price has gone up by two point five percent.
point
Verb
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To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing.
He pointed her toward the gate.