Thesaurus: creek

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1. n. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
2. n. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
3. n. Any turn or winding.
4. n. any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
5. n. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
6. 1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river. Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. Cowper. They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. Acts xxvii. 39. 2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith. 3. Any turn or winding. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak.
7. n:100 n. any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma