Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to becreep
Participle: becrept
Gerund: becreeping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | becreep |
| you | becreep |
| he;she;it | becreeps |
| we | becreep |
| you | becreep |
| they | becreep |
Perfect
| I | have becrept |
| you | have becrept |
| he;she;it | has becrept |
| we | have becrept |
| you | have becrept |
| they | have becrept |
Past
| I | becrept |
| you | becrept |
| he;she;it | becrept |
| we | becrept |
| you | becrept |
| they | becrept |
Pluperfect
| I | had becrept |
| you | had becrept |
| he;she;it | had becrept |
| we | had becrept |
| you | had becrept |
| they | had becrept |
Future
| I | will becreep |
| you | will becreep |
| he;she;it | will becreep |
| we | will becreep |
| you | will becreep |
| they | will becreep |
Future Perfect
| I | will have becrept |
| you | will have becrept |
| he;she;it | will have becrept |
| we | will have becrept |
| you | will have becrept |
| they | will have becrept |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | becreep |
| you | becreep |
| he;she;it | becreep |
| we | becreep |
| you | becreep |
| they | becreep |
Perfect
| I | have becrept |
| you | have becrept |
| he;she;it | have becrept |
| we | have becrept |
| you | have becrept |
| they | have becrept |
Imperfect
| I | becrept |
| you | becrept |
| he;she;it | becrept |
| we | becrept |
| you | becrept |
| they | becrept |
Pluperfect
| I | had becrept |
| you | had becrept |
| he;she;it | had becrept |
| we | had becrept |
| you | had becrept |
| they | had becrept |
Conditional
Present
| I | would becreep |
| you | would becreep |
| he;she;it | would becreep |
| we | would becreep |
| you | would becreep |
| they | would becreep |
Perfect
| I | would have becrept |
| you | would have becrept |
| he;she;it | would have becrept |
| we | would have becrept |
| you | would have becrept |
| they | would have becrept |
Imperative
| you | becreep |
| we | Let's becreep |
| you | becreep |
Verbs conjugated like 'becreep'
creep,
feel,
keep,
lose,
oversleep,
sleep,
sweep,
weep,
becreep,
besleep,
book-keep,
bookkeep,
cosleep,
downsweep,
foreweep,
forsleep,
gatekeep,
housekeep,
increep,
kape, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'becreep'
befree,
begreet,
bescreen,
besleep,
beweep,
creep,
decree,
increep,
bebleed,
becare,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans bekruip, or alternatively from Dutch bekruipen, both from Middle Dutch becrûpen, equivalent to be- + creep. See: Dutch '
bekruipen'.
Sample Sentences
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But they, seeing that there was not sufficient cover for them to “becreep” the rhinoceros with safety, allowed Robert to go on alone. [1838, Sir James Edward Alexander, An Expedition of Discovery Into the Interior of Africa:]
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“Two o'clock am a troop of buffaloes came to drink at our pool and one of my boys, whose leg had been broken last year by an elephant, becrept them and shot one which turned out to be in good condition. […]" [2008, Richard Sampson, White Induna, page 33:]
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Or malachite in green coprolitic stools like small stone turds becrept a brassy green. [2010, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, page 276:]
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"Ja, baas," he said; "I shall becreep them. […]" [2015, Henry Bryden, The Gold Kloof:]