The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Creeping \Creep"ing\, a.
1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping
thing." --Gen. vi. 20.
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2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall,
etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
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Casements lined with creeping herbs. --Cowper.
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Ceeping crowfoot (Bot.), a plant, the Ranunculus repens.
Creeping snowberry, an American plant (Chiogenes
hispidula) with white berries and very small round leaves
having the flavor of wintergreen.
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