'Creeper' definitions:
Definition of 'creeper'
From: WordNet
noun
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
noun
A person who crawls or creeps along the ground [syn: crawler, creeper]
noun
Any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet [syn: creeper, tree creeper]
Definition of 'Creeper'
From: GCIDE
- Creeper \Creep"er\ (kr[=e]p"[~e]r), n.
- 1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing. [1913 Webster]
- Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. --Burton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia). [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is {Certhia familiaris}, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping. [1913 Webster]
- 5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often {telegraph creepers}. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons. [1913 Webster]
- 7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen. [1913 Webster]
- 9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See Crocket. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'creeper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- algae,
- autophyte,
- bean,
- bracken,
- brown algae,
- climber,
- conferva,
- confervoid,
- diatom,
- fern,
- fruits and vegetables,
- fucus,
- fungus,
- grapevine,
- green algae,
- gulfweed,
- herb,
- heterophyte,
- ivy,
- kelp,
- legume,
- lentil,
- liana,
- lichen,
- liverwort,
- mold,
- moss,
- mushroom,
- parasite,
- parasitic plant,
- pea,
- perthophyte,
- phytoplankton,
- planktonic algae,
- plant families,
- puffball,
- pulse,
- red algae,
- rockweed,
- rust,
- saprophyte,
- sargasso,
- sargassum,
- sea lentil,
- sea moss,
- sea wrack,
- seaweed,
- smut,
- succulent,
- toadstool,
- vetch,
- vine,
- wort,
- wrack