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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.
Origin of creature First recorded before 1250–1300; Middle English creature, from Late Latin creātūra “act of creating”; see create, -ure
Words nearby creature creative imagination, creative tension, creativity, creator, creatural, creature , creature comfort, creature comforts, creature feature, creaturely, CREB
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During the Blob from 2015–2016, some creature s may have traveled more than 2,000 kilometers.
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We are all creature s of habit, and shopping is largely habit-driven.
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Indeed, Dr. Shaheed has noted that Rouhani has only “limited authority” to change the system of which he is a creature .
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This level-headed man of logic, however, is also a creature of moods and funks.
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In its earliest years, the New York Fed was literally a creature of Wall Street.
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That creature threatened the goats until the biggest one butted him off the bridge, never to trouble pedestrians again.
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Every aspect of how these vampires exist as a creature had to be imagined.
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There was a fanciful suggestion of the eavesdropper about the creature ; his attitude was almost furtive.
The Hound From The North | Ridgwell Cullum
For indeed I am not of consequence enough for my master to concern himself, and be angry about such a creature as me.
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Was she merely a creature bred of the teeming earth, or had she an individuality beyond the earth?
And then he gave us a perfect and laughable description of what must be some creature of the monkey tribe.
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The existence of a devil—a creature made by God, and the author of evil that will exist forever.
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British Dictionary definitions for creature 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 of creature creatural or creaturely , adjective creatureliness , noun Word Origin for creature C13: from Church Latin crēatūra, from Latin crēare to create
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