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creature
[ kree-cher ]
noun
- an animal, especially a nonhuman:
the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space.
- anything created, whether animate or inanimate.
- person; human being:
She is a charming creature. The driver of a bus is sometimes an irritable creature.
- an animate being.
- a person whose position or fortune is owed to someone or something and who continues under the control or influence of that person or thing:
The cardinal was a creature of Louis XI.
- Scot. and Older U.S. Use. Usually the creature. intoxicating liquor, especially whiskey:
He drinks a bit of the creature before bedtime.
creature
/ ˈːʃə /
noun
- a living being, esp an animal
- something that has been created, whether animate or inanimate
a creature of the imagination
- a human being; person: used as a term of scorn, pity, or endearment
- a person who is dependent upon another; tool or puppet
Derived Forms
- ˈٳܰԱ, noun
- ˈٳܰ, adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of creature1
Example Sentences
Instead of talking about life, life with such and such, life with birds, and your experience as a human with these creatures, it can often read very scientific.
On cracking them open, he and his parents discovered they were full of Jurassic creatures.
Common species such as the fence lizard could serve as a benchmark for scientists monitoring rarer or more elusive creatures.
It concluded that some sediment-dwelling creatures were able to recolonise the site and recover from the test, but larger animals appeared not to have returned.
The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.
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