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Creek

Creek Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Creek? [n] a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" [n] any member of the Creek Confederacy of Muskhogean peoples (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma Synonyms \| Synonyms for Creek: brook Related Terms \| Find terms related to Creek: adolescent stream \| arm \| armlet \| arroyo \| bay \| bayou \| beck \| belt \| bight \| boca \| bourn \| braided stream \| branch \| brook \| brooklet \| burn \| channel \| cove \| crawl \| creep \| crick \| ditch \| edge \| estuary \| euripus \| fjord \| flowing stream \| fluviation \| fresh \| freshet \| frith \| gill \| glide \| gulf \| gumshoe \| gut \| harbor \| inch \| inlet \| kill \| kyle \| lazy stream \| loch \| lurk \| meandering stream \| midchannel \| midstream \| millstream \| mouse \| mouth \| moving road \| narrow \| narrow seas \| narrows \| natural harbor \| navigable river \| pussyfoot \| race \| racing stream \| reach \| rill \| river \| rivulet \| road \| roads \| roadstead \| run \| rundle \| runlet \| runnel \| shirk \| sike \| skulk \| slide \| slink \| slip \| slither \| snake \| sneak \| sniggle \| sound \| spill stream \| steal \| strait \| straits \| stream \| stream action \| streamlet \| subterranean river \| tiptoe \| wadi \| watercourse \| waterway \| wriggle See Also \| Aegospotami \| Aegospotamos \| American Indian \| Indian \| North American Indian \| Red Indian \| stream \| watercourse Creek In Webster's Dictionary \Creek\ (kr[=e]k), n. [AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. {Crick}, {Crook}.] 1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river. Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. --Cowper. They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. --Acts xxvii. 39. 2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. --Goldsmith. 3. Any turn or winding. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. --Shak.

Creek Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Creek?

[n] a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
[n] any member of the Creek Confederacy of Muskhogean peoples (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

Synonyms | Synonyms for Creek: brook

Creek In Webster's Dictionary

\Creek\ (kr[=e]k), n. [AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel.
kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek.
Cf. {Crick}, {Crook}.]
1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into
   the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or
   of a river.

         Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore.
                                               --Cowper.

         They discovered a certain creek, with a shore.
                                               --Acts xxvii.
                                               39.

2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a
   brook.

         Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks.
                                               --Goldsmith.

3. Any turn or winding.

         The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands.
                                               --Shak.

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