creature
21creature */*/*/ — UK [ˈkriːtʃə(r)] / US [ˈkrɪtʃər] noun [countable] Word forms creature : singular creature plural creatures 1) a) anything that lives except plants a small furry creature b) an imaginary living thing that is strange or frightening The Gorgon was a …
22creature — /kree cheuhr/, n. 1. an animal, esp. a nonhuman: the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space. 2. anything created, whether animate or inanimate. 3. person; human being: She is a charming creature. The driver of a bus is… …
23creature — crea|ture [ kritʃər ] noun count *** 1. ) anything that lives except plants: a small furry creature a ) an imaginary living thing that is strange or frightening: The Gorgon was a mythical creature. 2. ) a person described in a particular way: He… …
24creature — noun (C) 1 LIVING THING anything that is living, but not a plant: The crocodile is a strange looking creature. | living creature: He has great respect for all living creatures. 2 STRANGE a strange and sometimes frightening living thing: creatures …
25creature — n. 1 a an animal, as distinct from a human being. b any living being (we are all God s creatures). 2 a person of a specified kind (poor creature). 3 a person owing status to and obsequiously subservient to another. 4 anything created; a creation …
26creature*/*/ — [ˈkriːtʃə] noun [C] 1) anything that lives except plants a small furry creature[/ex] 2) an imaginary living thing that is strange or frightening The Gorgon was a mythical creature.[/ex] …
27creature — /ˈkritʃə / (say kreechuh) noun 1. anything created, animate or inanimate. 2. an animate being. 3. an animal, as distinct from a human being. 4. a human being (often used in contempt, commiseration, or endearment). 5. someone owing their rise and… …
28creature — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ living ▪ All living creatures need food. ▪ primitive, simple ▪ complex ▪ intelligent …
29creature — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Charlie McCarthy, adherent, aerobic organism, agent, an existence, anaerobic organism, ancilla, animal, apple polisher, appliance, artifact, ass licker, autotrophic organism, backscratcher, backslapper, beast …
30creature — [13] Creature and creator, both 13thcentury borrowings from Old French, predate the introduction of the verb create into English by about a hundred years. This was a verbal use of an earlier adjective create, borrowed directly from Latin creātus …
