Definitions for creature
ˈkri tʃərcrea·ture

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, faunanoun

   a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

2. creature, wightnoun

   a human being; `wight' is an archaic term

3. creature, tool, puppetnoun

   a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. creaturenoun

   A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.

2. creaturenoun

   A living being; an animal or human.

3. creaturenoun

   A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Creaturenoun

   Etymology: creatura, low Latin.

   1. A being not self-existent, but created by the supreme power.

   Were these persons idolaters for the worship they did not give to the Creator, or for the worship they did give to his creatures. Edward Stillingfleet, Defence of Discourse on Rom. Idol.

   2. Any thing created.

   God’s first creature was light. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

   Imperfect the world, and all the creatures in it, must be acknowledged in many respects to be. John Tillotson, Sermon i.

   3. An animal not human.

   The queen pretended satisfaction of her knowledge only
   In killing creatures vile, as cats and dogs. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   4. A general term for man.

   Yet crime in her could never creature find;
   But for his love, and for her own self-sake,
   She wander’d had from one to other Ind. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   Most cursed of all creatures under sky,
   Lo Tantalus, I here tormented lye. Fairy Queen, b. ii. c. 7.

   Though he might burst his lungs to call for help,
   No creature would assist or pity him. Wentworth Dillon.

   5. A word of contempt for a human being.

   Hence; home, you idle creatures, get you home;
   Is this a holiday? William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   He would into the stews,
   And from the common creatures pluck a glove,
   And wear it as a favour. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   I’ve heard that guilty creatures, at a play,
   Have, by the very cunning of the scene,
   Been struck so to the soul, that presently
   They have proclaim’d their malefactions. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Nor think to-night of thy ill-nature,
   But of thy follies, idle creature. Matthew Prior.

   A good poet no sooner communicates his works, but it is imagined he is a vain young creature, given up to the ambition of fame. Alexander Pope.

   6. A word of petty tenderness.

   And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my hand;
   Cry, Oh sweet creature, and then kiss me hard. William Shakespeare.

   Ah, cruel creature, whom do’st thou despise?
   The gods, to live in woods, have left the skies. John Dryden, Virg.

   Some young creatures have learnt their letters and syllables by having them pasted upon little tablets. Isaac Watts.

   7. A person who owes his rise or his fortune to another.

   He sent to colonel Massey to send him men, which he, being a creature of Essex’s, refused. Edward Hyde.

   The duke’s creature he desired to be esteemed. Edward Hyde.

   Great princes thus, when favourites they raise,
   To justify their grace, their creatures praise. John Dryden, Aurengz.

   The design was discovered by a person whom every body knows to be the creature of a certain great man. Jonathan Swift.

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1. creature

   A creature is a living being, typically an animal or human, but often used in broader context to include entities that may be non-human, imaginary, or supernatural. They posses characteristics such as the ability to grow, reproduce, respond to stimuli, and adapt to their environment. The term can also be used in a metaphorical sense to describe something that has been created or formed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Creaturenoun

   anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man

2. Creaturenoun

   a human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature

3. Creaturenoun

   a person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool

4. Creaturenoun

   a general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc

5. Etymology: [F. crature, L. creatura. See Create.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'creature' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4678

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'creature' in Nouns Frequency: #1131

How to pronounce creature?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of creature in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of creature in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of creature in a Sentence

1. Sir Arthur Eddington, Space, Time, and Gravitation, 1920:

   We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! It is our own.

2. Thomas Watson (c. 1620-1686):

   "There is nothing here abiding; the creature has a little honey in its mouth, but it has wings, it will soon fly away. But if you love God, He is ‘a portion for ever’ (Psalm 73:26).

3. Charles Dickens, A Tale Of Two Cities:

   A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there, is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it!

4. Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov":

   Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.

5. Ogden Nash:

   The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie!

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=creature
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Creature
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=creature
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creature