Creeps (Noun)
Meaning 1
A feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Cattle grazed on land for years with inadequate phosphorus levels in the soil eventually develop creeps.
- Veterinarians were called in to investigate a local outbreak of creeps among sheep farms in the area.
- The rancher took immediate action to address the creeps affecting his herd by supplementing their feed with phosphorus-rich minerals.
- Researchers identified the primary cause of the epidemics of creeps in cattle to be a widespread lack of essential trace elements in pasture feed.
- The introduction of phosphorus-enriched fertilizers greatly reduced the incidence of creeps among livestock in the affected regions over time.