creature

crea·ture  (krchr)

n.

1. Something created.

2.

a. A living being, especially an animal: land creatures; microscopic creatures in a drop of water.

b. A human.

c. An imaginary or fantastical being: mythological creatures; a creature from outer space.

3. One dependent on or subservient to another.

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creatur·al adj.

creature·li·ness n.

creature·ly adj.

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creature [ˈkriːtʃə]

n

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

[from Church Latin crēatūra, from Latin crēare to create]

creatural , creaturely adj

creatureliness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	creature - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity tracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides" critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters" peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature ectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals range animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) varment, varmint - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter work animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labor domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment feeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder" migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year molter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement stayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer" stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) adult - any mature animal young, offspring - any immature animal pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses giant - any creature of exceptional size survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" mutant - an animal that has undergone mutation herbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores" insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insects acrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets pleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size actinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales zooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae conceptus, fertilized egg, embryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
	2.	creature - a human being; `wight' is an archaic term wight individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	creature - a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else puppet, tool slave - a person who is owned by someone

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creature

noun

1. living thing, being, animal, beast, brute, critter (U.S. dialect), quadruped, dumb animal, lower animal Many cultures believe that every living creature possesses a spirit.

2. person, man, woman, individual, character, fellow, soul, human being, mortal, body, wight (archaic) He is one of the most amiable creatures in existence.

3. minion, tool, instrument (informal), puppet, cohort (chiefly U.S.), dependant, retainer, hanger-on, lackey, hireling We are not merely creatures of our employers.

Translations

creature [ˈkriːtʃəʳ]

A. N

1. (gen) → criatura f; (= animal) → animal m; (= insect etc) → bicho m

2. (= person) pay no attention to that creature → no hagas caso de esa individua
poor creature! → ¡pobrecito!
wretched creature! → ¡desgraciado!
creature of habit → esclavo/a m/f de la costumbre

3. (pej) (= dependent person) → títere m

B. CPD creature comforts NPL → comodidades fpl (materiales)

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creature [ˈkriːtʃə^r] n

(= living thing) → créature f

(= person) → créature f
creature comforts [ˌkriːtʃə^rˈkʌmfə^rts] npl → confort m matériel

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creature

n

→ Geschöpf nt, → (Lebe)wesen nt, → Kreatur f; what a beautiful creature! → welch ein herrliches Geschöpf!; all dumb creatures → die stumme Kreatur; she’s a funny creature → sie ist ein komisches Geschöpf; there wasn’t a creature in sight → nirgends regte sich etwas, kein Lebewesen war zu sehen

(= subordinate person) → Geschöpf nt

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creature [ˈkriːtʃəʳ] n (gen) → creatura
the creatures of the deep (liter) → le creature degli abissi
a creature from outer space → un extraterrestre
the poor creature had no home → il poverino era senza casa
a creature of habit → una persona abitudinaria

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creature [ˈkriːtʃəʳ] n (gen) → creatura
the creatures of the deep (liter) → le creature degli abissi
a creature from outer space → un extraterrestre
the poor creature had no home → il poverino era senza casa
a creature of habit → una persona abitudinaria

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creature

n creature [ˈkriːtʃə]

1 an animal or human being all God's creatures. skepsel, wese, mens مَخْلـوق създание stvoření væsen; skabning das Geschöpf πλάσμα criatura olend مخلوق؛ آفریده olento créature יְצוּר सृष्टि stvorenje teremtmény makhluk skepna creatura 生き物 피조물 kūrinys, būtybė, gyvis dzīva būtne; radība makhluk schepsel levende vesen, skapning stworzenie criatura făptură (живое) существо tvor bitje stvor [] varelse, människa, djur สัตว์; คน varlık, yaratık 人或動物 жива істота جانور يا انسان sinh vật 创造物

2 a term of contempt or pity The poor creature could hardly stand. kreatuur, niksnuts, dierasie شَخْص (على سَبيل الإزدِراء) твар stvoření væsen die Kreatur (άμοιρο) πλάσμα criatura elukas, vaeseke موجود عجیب و غریب otus, poloinen créature יְצוּר जीव stvor teremtés makhluk grey, ræfilstuska creatura やつ 사람, 녀석 žmogelis, žmogysta radījums makhluk stakker krek, umælende medskapning biedactwo criatura creatură создание stvorenie stvor stvorenje krake, kräk คำใช้เรียกแสดงความสงสารหรือดูถูก zavallıcık (表示輕蔑或同情)人，傢伙 істота رحم يا توهين ك‍ے طور پر بولى جانيوالى ايک اصطلاح bộ hạ （可怜的）人或动物

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creature → مخلوق tvor skabning Geschöpf πλάσμα criatura olento créature stvor creatura 生き物 피조물 wezen skapning stworzenie criatura создание varelse สิ่งมีชีวิต yaratık sinh vật 动物