What is the meaning of creeping?

noun

• A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.
  • usage: "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
  • synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep

verb

• Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground.
  • usage: "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
  • synonyms: crawl, creep
• To go stealthily or furtively.
  • usage: ".. Stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
  • synonyms: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot
• Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface. )
  • usage: "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
  • synonyms: creep
• Show submission or fear.
  • synonyms: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel