CREEP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does creep up mean? 

• CREEP UP (verb)
  The verb CREEP UP has 1 sense:

1. advance stealthily or unnoticed

  Familiarity information: CREEP UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREEP UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Advance stealthily or unnoticed

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

creep up; sneak up

Context example:

Age creeps up on you

Hypernyms (to "creep up" is one way to...):

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

 Context examples 

A thin mist began to creep up from the river, and it grew, and grew; till soon a dense fog enveloped the ship and all around her.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)