esgueirar — meaning in English

English meaning

• creep verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
• skulk noun A number of foxes together, as a group.
• sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.

Senses

esgueirar is used for these senses in English:

• creep To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
• skulk To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.
• sneak (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

creep — full definition

1. verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
2. verb To change or increase very gradually, often in an unwelcome way.
3. noun An unpleasant or unsettling person, especially one who behaves in a sexually inappropriate way.

skulk — full definition

1. noun A number of foxes together, as a group.
2. noun A group of people regarded as cunning or dishonest, like foxes.
3. noun An instance of skulking, or moving about secretively.
4. noun An occasion of moving quietly and secretively so as not to be seen.

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