The meaning of Creek

Creek – definition

noun
A narrow, sheltered waterway, especially an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh.
Usage examples:
A sandy beach in a sheltered creek
Synonims:
Tidal inlet Inlet Arm of the sea Estuary Bay Bight Fjord Gulf Sound Firth Frith Voe Ria Fleet Armlet
noun
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.
Usage examples:
Joan hill is a creek / cherokee painter who has received numerous recognition awards, grants, and f…
noun
The muskogean language that was spoken by members of the creek confederacy.
Usage examples:
It has slovak, inuit, creek, and italian, but its all greek to me.

adjective
Relating to or denoting the creek or their language.
Usage examples:
In 1814, a creek faction, the red sticks, rose against settlers in the south but was crushed by gen…

noun
A small river or stream

Creek translation into English

Creek: translate from English into Chinese

溪, 汜, 澥, 川

Creek: translate from English into Dutch

Kreek, Inham, Bocht

Creek: translate from English into French

Ruisseau, Crique, Couloir

Creek: translate from English into German

Bach, Wasserlauf

Creek: translate from English into Hindi

क्रीक, खाड़ी, छोटी नदी, नदिका

Creek: translate from English into Italian

Torrente, Insenatura, Ruscello, Cala

Creek: translate from English into Korean

작은 만, 크리크 말, 작은 내, 크리크 동맹, 크리크족

Creek: translate from English into Russian

Ручей, Бухта, Залив, Бухточка, Приток, Рукав реки, Устье реки, Небольшая река

Creek: translate from English into Spanish

Riachuelo, Cala, Arroyo, Ensenada

Word origin

from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama.

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Creek synonims

armlet

noun
A band or bracelet worn around the upper part of a person's arm.

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bay

noun
A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards.
Usage examples:
A boat trip round the bay

noun
An evergreen mediterranean shrub with deep green leaves and purple berries. its aromatic leaves are used in cooking and were formerly used to make triumphal crowns for victors.
Usage examples:
The experiment (conducted may - june 2000) tested whole and torn leaves from 10 bay trees, 10 oak t…

noun
A space created by a window line projecting outwards from a wall.
Usage examples:
Each window projects as a bay, with a base low enough to sit on and wide enough to serve as a gener…

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bight

noun
A curve or recess in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
Usage examples:
Days after the accident, abp issued a notice to pilots telling them they should avoid passing in bi…

noun
A curved part of a coast or river that is set back from the rest
Usage examples:
The ship backed into a little bight in the shoreline.

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estuary

noun
The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
Usage examples:
The turtles spend most of their lives in mangrove-lined tidal estuaries, where rivers flow into the…

noun
The part of a river or other area of water where it joins the sea, and where fresh water and salt water are mixed

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firth

noun
A narrow inlet of the sea; an estuary.
Usage examples:
The moray firth

noun
A long strip of sea reaching into the land
Usage examples:
The firth of forth

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fjord

noun
A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in norway, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.
Usage examples:
The area is made up of 14 long, narrow and incredibly deep fjords formed by massive glaciers thousa…

noun
A long strip of sea between steep hills, found especially in norway

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fleet

noun
A group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership.
Usage examples:
The small port supports a fishing fleet

adjective
Fast and nimble in movement.
Usage examples:
A man of advancing years, but fleet of foot

noun
A marshland creek, channel, or ditch.
Usage examples:
Sam explained that the 3,000 acres of the nature reserve is the largest in the english lowlands, th…

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frith

noun
Archaic spelling of firth.

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gulf

noun
A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.
Usage examples:
The land companies began to dredge canals through the marshlands, opening easy access from the sett…

noun
An area of sea surrounded on three sides by land
Usage examples:
The gulf of mexico/the gulf coast, the gulf stream, there is a widening gulf between the rich and t…

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inlet

noun
A small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river.
Usage examples:
It is a land of undulating hills and hollows, dips and drumlins, rivers, inlets, estuaries and lake…

noun
A narrow channel of water that goes from a sea or lake into the land or between islands

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ria

noun
A long, narrow inlet formed by the partial submergence of a river valley.
Usage examples:
Due to their nature, the rias or estuaries contain very peculiar ecosystems which often contain imp…

abbreviation
Radioimmunoassay.

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sound

saʊnd

noun
Vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear.
Usage examples:
Light travels faster than sound