creep
To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.

creeped
simple past and past participle of creep

creeping
present participle and gerund of creep

creepings
plural of creeping

creeps
plural of creep

crept
simple past and past participle of creep

crope
simple past of creep

cropen
past participle of creep

croplands
cropland

cryodistillation
Synonym of freeze distillation.

cryofreezing
Cryogenic freezing.

cryoshock
shock as the result of extreme cold, typically following cryotherapy

culvert
A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

culvertage
The degradation of a vassal to the position of a serf.

culverted
simple past and past participle of culvert

culverting
present participle and gerund of culvert

culverts
plural of culvert

dabble
To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.
To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.

dabbled
Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants); dappled.

dabbles
third-person singular simple present indicative of dabble

dabbling
present participle and gerund of dabble

dabblings
plural of dabbling

daff
A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.

daffed
simple past and past participle of daff

daffing
Fun; merrymaking.

daffings
plural of daffing

daffock
A dirty slattern.

daffs
plural of daff

daggle
To drag or trail through water, mud, or slush
To trail, so as to make wet or muddy.
To dangle or wag.

daggled
simple past and past participle of daggle

daggles
third-person singular simple present indicative of daggle

daggling
present participle and gerund of daggle

dam
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
A reservoir.
A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

damascene
Inlaid with silver or gold.
Of or from Damascus.

damascened
decorated with wavy patterns of inlay or etching

damascenes
third-person singular simple present indicative of damascene

damascening
present participle and gerund of damascene

damascenings
plural of damascening

damburst
Synonym of dam failure.

dambursts
plural of damburst

dammed
simple past and past participle of dam

damming
present participle and gerund of dam

dammings
plural of damming

damplate
Alternative form of dam plate.

dams
plural of dam

debouche
To enter into battle.
To discharge into a larger body of water such as a lake or sea.

decommunise
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decommunize.

decommunize
To divest of communism.

decommunized
simple past and past participle of decommunize

decommunizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of decommunize

decommunizing
present participle and gerund of decommunize

decompress
To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
To relax.

decompressed
simple past and past participle of decompress

decompresses
third-person singular simple present indicative of decompress

decompressing
present participle and gerund of decompress

deconceptualize
To divest of concepts.

deconceptualized
simple past and past participle of deconceptualize

deconceptualizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of deconceptualize

deconceptualizing
present participle and gerund of deconceptualize

decontextualize
To divest of context.

decontextualized
simple past and past participle of decontextualize

decontextualizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of decontextualize

decontextualizing
present participle and gerund of decontextualize

deculturalize
To divest of a culture; to remove cultural elements from.

deculturalized
simple past and past participle of deculturalize

deculturalizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of deculturalize

deculturalizing
present participle and gerund of deculturalize

deculvert
To remove a culvert from (a waterway) so that it flows openly.

deculverted
simple past and past participle of deculvert

deculverting
present participle and gerund of deculvert

deculverts
third-person singular simple present indicative of deculvert

defamiliarize
To make unfamiliar; to divest of familiarity.

defamiliarized
simple past and past participle of defamiliarize

defamiliarizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of defamiliarize

defamiliarizing
present participle and gerund of defamiliarize

defeudalize
To divest of a feudal system.

defeudalized
simple past and past participle of defeudalize

defeudalizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of defeudalize

defeudalizing
present participle and gerund of defeudalize

deflect
To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
To deviate from an original path or position.
To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
To divert (attention, etc.).
To redirect culpability to avoid it.

deflected
simple past and past participle of deflect

deflecting
present participle and gerund of deflect

deflects
third-person singular simple present indicative of deflect

defloat
To cause (a visual element such as a tool palette) no longer to float over the rest of the application.

defloated
simple past and past participle of defloat

defloating
present participle and gerund of defloat

defloats
third-person singular simple present indicative of defloat

defrock
To divest of a frock.
To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.

defrocked
simple past and past participle of defrock

defrocking
present participle and gerund of defrock

defrocks
third-person singular simple present indicative of defrock

degod
To ungod, to divest of a god.
To ungod, to divest of godly powers, to strip of divinity.

degorge
To draw out moisture from (vegetables) prior to cooking, by sprinkling salt or soaking in salty water.

degorged
simple past and past participle of degorge

degorges
third-person singular simple present indicative of degorge

degorging
present participle and gerund of degorge

dehydrate
To remove water from; to dry up.
To lose water from one's body; to become dehydrated.

dehydrated
simple past and past participle of dehydrate