English-Thai Dictionary

creek

N คลอง เล็ก  ลำธาร  stream spring klong-lek

 

creek

N ช่องแคบ  chong-kaeb

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CREEK

v.t.To make a harsh sharp noise. [See Creak. ]

 

CREEK

n.[See Crack. ] 1. A small inlet, bay or cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
They discovered a certain creek with a shore. Acts 27:39.
2. Any turn in winding.
3. A prominence or jut in a winding coast. [This sense is probably not legitimate. ]
4. In some of the American States, a small river. This sense is not justified by etymology, but as streams often enter into creeks and small bays or form them, the name has been extended to small streams in general.

 

CREEKY

a.Containing creeks; full of creeks; winding.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CREEK

Creek (krk ), n. Etym: [AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. Crick, Crook. ]

 

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.

 

CREEKFISH

CREEKFISH Creek "fish (krk "fsh ), n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The chub sucker.

 

CREEKS

Creeks (krks ), n. pl. ; sing. Creek. (Ethnol.)

 

Defn: A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

 

CREEKY

CREEKY Creek "y (krk "), a.

 

Defn: Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding. "The creeky shore. " Spenser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Creek

Creek |krēk krik | ▶noun ( pl. same ) 1 a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the southeastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries whose descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma. 2 the Muskogean language of this confederacy. ▶adjective of, relating to, or denoting this confederacy. ORIGIN from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama.

 

creek

creek |krēk, krik krik | ▶noun a stream, brook, or minor tributary of a river. • an inlet in a shoreline, a channel in a marsh, or another narrow, sheltered waterway. PHRASES be up the creek ( without a paddle ) informal be in severe difficulty or trouble, esp. with no means of extricating oneself from it. be up shit creek see shit. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook ’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke; of unknown ultimate origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Creek

Creek |kriːk | ▶noun ( pl. same ) 1 a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the south-eastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries; their descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma. 2 [ mass noun ] the Muskogean language that was spoken by members of the Creek confederacy. ▶adjective relating to or denoting the Creek or their language. ORIGIN from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama.

 

creek

creek |kriːk | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a narrow, sheltered waterway, especially an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh. • N. Amer. & Austral. /NZ a stream or minor tributary of a river. PHRASES be up the creek informal 1 (also be up the creek without a paddle ) be in severe difficulty or trouble, especially with no means of extricating oneself from it. 2 Brit. be stupid or misguided. be up shit creek see shit. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook ’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke; of unknown ultimate origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

creek

creek noun marsh marigolds grow along the creek: stream, river, brook, rivulet, freshet, runnel, rill, tributary, watercourse, bourn; informal crick. PHRASES up a /the creek when I saw the condition of the spare tire, I knew we were up a creek: in trouble, in difficulty /difficulties, in a mess, in a predicament; informal in a pickle, in a jam, in a fix.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

creek

creek noun 1 Brit. they're dredging for oysters in the creek: tidal inlet, inlet, arm of the sea, estuary, bay, bight, fjord, gulf, sound; Scottish firth, frith; in Orkney & Shetland voe; technical ria; rare fleet, armlet. 2 N. Amer. & Austral. /NZ stream, rivulet, brook, river, tributary, backwater.

 

Duden Dictionary

Creek

Creek Substantiv, maskulin Geografie , der |kriːk |der Creek; Genitiv: des Creeks, Plural: die Creeks englisch creek, Herkunft ungeklärt, wohl aus dem Germanischen 1 kleine Bucht an einer Meeresküste, die durch Überflutung einer früheren Flussmündung entstanden ist (z. B. in Ostafrika )2 kleiner Flusslauf (in den USA )3 zeitweise ausgetrockneter Wasserlauf (in Australien )

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

creek

creek /kriːk , ｟米 ｠krɪk / (! creakと同音 ) 名詞 複 ～s /-s /C 1 ｟英 ｠(海 川 湖などの )小さな [細長い ]入り江 .2 ｟米 豪 ｠小川 , 細流 (stream ).ù p the [｟俗 ｠shit ] cr é ek (with ò ut a p á ddle )｟くだけた話 ｠ひどく困って, まったくひどい ; 誤って .