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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
/ ˈkriːtʃə /
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
- ˈcreatureliness, noun
- ˈcreatural, adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of creature1
Example Sentences
The findings also cast the humble single-cell creatures in a new, more tantalizing light: They are not merely molecular machines packed in microscopic bodies, but they are also agents that can learn.
Researchers used cutting-edge DNA analysis to examine these shellfish in two key locations along Colombia's Pacific coast, providing the first detailed genetic profile of these important creatures.
The new nematode fossils predate those Cambrian creatures by about 15 million years, says Hughes, a graduate student at Harvard University.
However, other creatures have much stronger regenerative abilities.
“The moment you put yourself in a first-class hotel, you become walled off from life, in a world devoted to creature comforts,” Mr. Frommer told The Los Angeles Times in 2009.
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