CREATURE


Meaning of CREATURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kri:tʃə(r) ]

( creatures)

1.

You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature , especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures .

Alaskan Eskimos believe that every living creature possesses a spirit...

The garden is surrounded by a hedge in which many small creatures can live...

= being

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that someone is a particular type of creature , you are focusing on a particular quality they have.

She’s charming, a sweet creature...

She was a creature of the emotions, rather than reason.

a creature of habit: see habit

N-COUNT : with supp

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