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Webster 1913 Edition
Creek
Creek
(krēk)
, Noun.
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. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Creek
CREEK
,Verb.
T.
CREEK
,Noun.
1.
A small inlet, bay or cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.They discovered a certain creek with a shore. Acts 27.
2.
Any turn in winding.3.
A prominence or jut in a winding coast. [This sense is probably not legitimate.]4.
In some of the American States, a small river. This sense is not justified by etymology, but as streams often enter into creeks and small bays or form them, the name has been extended to small streams in general.Definition 2024
Creek
Creek
See also: creek
English
Noun
Creek (plural Creeks)
- one of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States
Proper noun
Creek
- the Muskogean language of the Creek tribe
Translations
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Adjective
Creek (not comparable)
- of or pertaining to the Creek tribe
- The chieftain was well versed in Creek history.
creek
creek
See also: Creek
English
Noun
creek (plural creeks)
- (Britain) A (often saltwater) small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
- Any turn or winding.
Synonyms
- beck, brook, burn, stream
- (regional US terms:) run (Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia), brook (New England), branch (Southern US), bayou (Louisiana)
Derived terms
Translations
small inlet or bay
stream of water
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References
- ↑ “creek” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
- ↑ Barry Lopez, Debra Gwartney, Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape (ISBN 1595340882), page 92: "Creek is a word that has been transformed by the North American continent. The British usage of the term was its first meaning here, and this definition still applies along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine: a saltwater inlet narrower than a cove; the estuary of a stream. But as settlement probed inland beyond the coastal plain, following watercourses upstream well past the influence of salt and tides, the word creek held on for any flow ..."