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creature

[ kree-cher ]

noun

  1. an animal, especially 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 sometimes an irritable creature.

  4. an animate being.
  5. 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.

  6. Scot. and Older U.S. Use. Usually the creature. intoxicating liquor, especially whiskey:

    He drinks a bit of the creature before bedtime.



creature

/ 藞办谤颈藧迟蕛蓹 /

noun

  1. a living being, esp an animal
  2. something that has been created, whether animate or inanimate

    a creature of the imagination

  3. a human being; person: used as a term of scorn, pity, or endearment
  4. a person who is dependent upon another; tool or puppet
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠谤别补迟耻谤别濒颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞肠谤别补迟耻谤补濒, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of creature1

First recorded before 1250鈥1300; Middle English creature, from Late Latin 肠谤别腻迟奴谤补 鈥渁ct of creating鈥; create, -ure
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of creature1

C13: from Church Latin 肠谤脓补迟奴谤补, from Latin 肠谤脓补谤别 to create
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On cracking them open, he and his parents discovered they were full of Jurassic creatures.

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鈥淥r just enjoy watching them do push-ups and chasing each other around. Either way is a legitimate way to enjoy these beautiful little creatures.鈥

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It concluded that some sediment-dwelling creatures were able to recolonise the site and recover from the test, but larger animals appeared not to have returned.

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The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.

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He adds: "And these are just gentle creatures. We shouldn't be putting them under this kind of risk of racing. It's unacceptable."

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