creek
creek is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith.
- 2.Any turn or winding. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- absence
- abysm
- abyss
- and
- arm
- armlet
- artesian
- barranca
- bay
- bayou
- below
- belt
- between
- bight
- bottomless
- breach
- breachy
- break
- brimstone
- broad
- caesura
- canon
- chap
- chasm
- chink
- cleft
- clove
- continental
- cove
- covered
- crack
- cranny
- crevasse
- crevice
- cut
- dam
- damnation
- dead
- defile
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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