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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
Their logic: the sea-creature would come alive and drink up any remaining alcohol.
Exactly when the transition to modern domestic creature took place, for a bird that is wild to this day, is controversial.
And the Gävle Goat, apparently a sensitive creature, took the destruction hard.
Indeed, Dr. Shaheed has noted that Rouhani has only “limited authority” to change the system of which he is a creature.
Pillay used the 747 to deliver creature comforts, particularly for business travelers, that were previously unheard of.
He was the strangest-looking creature Davy had ever seen, not even excepting the Goblin.
Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
While Benjy sat contemplating this creature, and wondering what was to be the end of it all, a bright idea occurred to him.
That poor, pretty creature, starving, in her charming pink dress and hat of roses.
To hear the creature talk about it makes my mouth as a brick kiln and my flesh as that of a goose.
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