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- DictionaryCreek/kriːk/
noun
- 1. a member of a confederacy of North American peoples of the south-eastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries; their descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma.
- 2. the Muskogean language that was spoken by members of the Creek confederacy.
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting the Creek or their language.
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CREEK definition: 1. a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the sea, a lake, etc.: 2. a stream or…. Learn more.
noun. 1. mainly British. a narrow inlet or bay, esp of the sea. 2. US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand. a small stream or tributary. 3. See up the creek. Collins English Dictionary.
1. : a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river. 2. chiefly British : a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove. 3. archaic : a narrow or winding passage. Creek. 2 of 2. noun (2) ˈkrēk. 1.
a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the ocean, a lake, etc.: I'm going to sail to the mouth of the Thames and then let the tide take me up a creek. She loved the Suffolk coast,with its creeks and marshes and reed beds under a huge sky. US and Australian English (US also crick) a stream or narrow river:
Creek definition: a stream smaller than a river.. See examples of CREEK used in a sentence.
A creek is a stream — like a river, but smaller — and if you grew up in the TV version of rural America, you probably had a creek babbling through your backyard and a dog that looked like Lassie.
n. 1. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook1, kill2, run. 2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife. 3. Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove. Idiom:
Definition of creek noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CREEK definition: 1. a narrow area of water that flows into the land from a sea or river 2. a stream or narrow river. Learn more.
creek meaning, definition, what is creek: a small narrow stream or river: Learn more.
