CREEK

Meaning of CREEK in English

[noun] [C] - (UK) a usually short narrow length of water flowing into a river, lake, sea, etc., or (US and ANZ) a small narrow river(informal) If any more people resign, we'll be really up the creek (= in trouble).

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

CREEK — or Muscogee A loose and shifting confederation of groups that once occupied much of the Georgia and Alabama flatlands, the …
Английский словарь Британика
CREEK — I. ˈkrēk, ˈkrik — ˈkrik is less frequent in the South than in the rest of the US and less …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CREEK — /kreek/ , n. , pl. Creeks , ( esp. collectively ) Creek . 1. a member of a confederacy of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — /kreek, krik/ , n. 1. U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river. 2. a stream or channel …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — noun Date: 1725 1. : an American Indian confederacy of peoples chiefly of Muskogean stock of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREEK — noun Etymology: Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend Date: 13th century 1. chiefly British : a small …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREEK — noun any turn or winding. 2. creek ·noun a stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a …
Webster English vocab
CREEK — [ kri:k ] ■ noun ( plural same) 1》 a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CREEK — [creek] n [ME crike, creke, fr. ON -kriki bend] (13c) 1 chiefly Brit: a small inlet or bay narrower and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CREEK — Muskogean-speaking North American Indian tribe that originally occupied a huge expanse of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama. Their economy …
Britannica English vocabulary
CREEK — Creek BrE AmE kriːk (= creak) ▷ Creeks kriːks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CREEK — creek BrE AmE kriːk krɪk — Preference poll, American English: kriːk 98%, krɪk 2%. ▷ creeks kriːks krɪks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CREEK — / kriːk; NAmE / noun 1. ( BrE ) a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — / kriːk/ noun ( pl. Creek or Creeks ) a member of a Native American people, many of whom now …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — Creek BrE AmE noun 1 . the Creek [P] a Native American tribe from Georgia and Alabama in the US …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CREEK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CREEK — n. 1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CREEK — n. 1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CREEK — n.1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or in …
Oxford English vocab
CREEK — ( creeks) 1. A creek is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — (~s) 1. A ~ is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. (BRIT) N-COUNT: …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CREEK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bed ▪ We humans used the bridge, but of course, Sally had to negotiate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CREEK — n. or Muscogee Muskogean -speaking North American Indian people living mainly in Oklahoma, U.S., but also in Georgia and Alabama. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CREEK — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Slang English vocab
CREEK — noun ( AmE ) small stream ADJECTIVE ▪ tidal ▪ little , small VERB + CREEK ▪ cross CREEK + …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CREEK — n. 1 Brit inlet, bay, cove, harbour Overnight we moored in a little creek, sheltered from the sea 2 US …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CREEK — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Словарь английских идиом
CREEK — creek.ogg kri:k n 1. небольшой залив или бухта; устье реки 2. преим. амер. рукав реки; приток; ручей, небольшая река up …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CREEK — n 1. небольшой залив или бухта; устье реки 2. преим. амер. рукав реки; приток; ручей, небольшая река up the creek …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CREEK — bay, rivere, litt inboccatura
English interlingue dictionary
CREEK — (Noun) sapa
English-Visayan vocabulary
CREEK — noun Date: 1725 an American Indian confederacy of peoples chiefly of Muskogean stock of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, a member …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CREEK — (n.) Any turn or winding.
Английский словарь Webster
CREEK — (n.) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
Английский словарь Webster
CREEK — (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the …
Английский словарь Webster
CREEK — ( n. ) Any turn or winding.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — ( n. ) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — ( n. ) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — n. stream, brook; cove, inlet
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CREEK — n. up the creek Antietam Creek Battle Creek Coconut Creek Goose Creek Oak Creek Spuyten Duyvil Creek Walnut Creek Warburton …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CREEK — n. Pronunciation: ' kr ē k, ' krik Function: noun Etymology: Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CREEK — n. Pronunciation: ' kr ē k Function: noun Date: 1725 1 : an American Indian confederacy of peoples chiefly of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CREEK — ■ noun chiefly Brit. a narrow, sheltered waterway such as an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CREEK — Synonyms and related words : adolescent stream, arm, armlet, arroyo, bay, bayou, beck, belt, bight, boca, bourn, braided stream, branch, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CREEK — Classification: County Located in: Oklahoma (OK) Total Population (2000): 67367 Total Housing Units (2000): 27986 Land Area (square meters): 2474823784 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
CREEK — n. Function: noun || 1 Synonyms: INLET , arm, bay, bayou, bight, cove, firth, gulf, harbor, slogh Related Words: ria …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CREEK — n. 1. Inlet, cove, bight, small bay. 2. Rivulet, small river.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
CREEK — noun || 1. Synonyms: inlet , arm, bay, bayou, bight, cove, firth, gulf, harbor, slogh Related Word: ria 2. a …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CREEK — noun (AmE) small stream
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CREEK — n. 25B6; noun INLET, arm of the sea, bay, estuary, bight, fjord, sound; Scottish firth, frith; (in Orkney & Shetland) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CREEK — n ( pl Creeks or Creek ) a member of a Native-American people. They were mostly farmers, originally in the …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
CREEK — A small stream of water which serves as the natural drainage course for a drainage basin; a flowing rivulet or …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
CREEK — hyð
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
CREEK — сущ. 1) а) бухта, узкий морской залив; устье реки (связанное с приливом и отливом) б) небольшой порт, гавань (на морском …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CREEK — Залив
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CREEK — бухта, залив; устье реки amer. приток; небольшая река; ручей
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CREEK — (n) ручей
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CREEK — n 1. небольшой залив или бухта; устье реки 2. преим. амер. рукав реки; приток; ручей, небольшая река ♢ up the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CREEK — n. залив, ручей, бухта, бухточка, устье реки, рукав реки, небольшая река, приток
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CREEK — n. залив, ручей, бухта, бухточка, устье реки, рукав реки, небольшая река, приток
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CREEK — сущ. 1) а) бухта, узкий морской залив; устье реки ( связанное с приливом и отливом ) б) небольшой порт, гавань …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CREEK — сущ. 1) а) бухта, узкий морской залив; устье реки (связанное с приливом и отливом) б) небольшой порт, гавань (на морском побережье) 2) амер. речной …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CREEK — _n. 1> бухта, залив; устье реки 2> _ам. приток; небольшая река; ручей
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CREEK — n. 1. бухта, залив; устье реки 2. ам. приток; небольшая река; ручей
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

Cambridge English vocab

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