creature
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crea·ture
(krē′chər)n.
1.
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.
2. One dependent on or subservient to another.
3. Something created.
crea′tur·al adj.
crea′ture·li·ness n.
crea′ture·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
[C13: from Church Latin crēatūra, from Latin crēare to create]
ˈcreatural, ˈcreaturely adj
ˈcreatureliness n
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crea•ture
(ˈkri tʃər)n.
1. an animal, esp. a nonhuman.
2. any unspecific being: creatures of the imagination.
3. person; human being: a lovely creature.
4. a person under the control or influence of another.
crea′tur•al, crea′ture•ly, adj.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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) 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 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 microorganism, micro-organism - 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 invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification metazoan - any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges omnivore - an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances predatory animal, predator - any animal that lives by preying on other animals game - animal hunted for food or sport |
2. | creature - a human being; `wight' is an archaic term | |
3. | ![]() 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.
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creature
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
شَخْصمَخْلـوقمَخْلُوق
stvořenítvor
skabningvæsen
olentoolio
stvor
teremtmény
grey, ræfilstuskaskepna
生き物
피조물
gyvisžmogelisžmogysta
dzīva būtneradībaradījums
bitje
varelse
สิ่งมีชีวิต
sinh vật
creature
[ˈkriːtʃəʳ]A. N
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
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)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
creature
[ˈkriːtʃəʳ] n (gen) → creaturathe 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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
creature
(ˈkriːtʃə) noun1. an animal or human being. all God's creatures.
2. a term of contempt or pity. The poor creature could hardly stand.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
creature
→ مَخْلُوق tvor skabning Geschöpf πλάσμα criatura olento créature stvor creatura 生き物 피조물 wezen skapning stworzenie criatura животное varelse สิ่งมีชีวิต yaratık sinh vật 动物Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009