Creek
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English
Noun
Creek (plural Creeks)- (UK, India) 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.
- (Australian, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
- Any turn or winding.
Adjectives for Creek
brawling; briny; winding; log-jammed; silvery; yearning; cheery; echoing; tortuous; emerald; dry; dirty; ice-fringed; dimpled; swollen; fresh-water; unruly; hidden; muddy; scanty; cool; pebbled; tiny; whispering; roaring.
Verbs for Creek
bridge—; dam—; explore—; fish—; follow—; navigate—; paddle down—; span—; wade in—; —babbles; —bends; —branches off; —dances; —drenches; —gurgles; —harbors; —irrigates; —joins; —overflows; —penetrates; —sings; —twists; — widens; —winds.
Thesaurus
stream, stream action, streamlet, subterranean river, tiptoe, wadi, watercourse, waterway, wriggle, adolescent stream, arm, armlet, arroyo, bay, bayou, beck, belt, bight, boca, bourn, braided stream, branch, brook, brooklet, burn, channel, cove, crawl, creep, crick, ditch, edge, estuary, euripus, fjord, flowing stream, fluviation, fresh, freshet, frith, gill, glide, gulf, gumshoe, gut, harbor, inch, inlet, kill, kyle, lazy stream, loch, lurk, meandering stream, midchannel, midstream, millstream, mouse, mouth, moving road, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, navigable river, pussyfoot, race, racing stream, reach, rill, river, rivulet, road, roads, roadstead, run, rundle, runlet, runnel, shirk, sike, skulk, slide, slink, slip, slither, snake, sneak, sniggle, sound, spill stream, steal, strait, straits,
Etymology
creke, from kryk, from Old Norse kriki
Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: krēk IPA: /kriːk/, SAMPA: /kri:k/
- Rhymes: -iːk
- Homophone: creak
- (US) IPA: /krik/, /krɪk/, SAMPA: /kri:k/, /krIk/
