Definition of Creature

creatura

(n.)
Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
  

(n.)
A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
  

(n.)
A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.
  

(n.)
A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
  

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creature
\crea"ture\ (kr?"t?r; 135), n. [f. cr&?;ature, l. creatura. see create.]
1. anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man. he asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. god's first creature was light. on earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol him first, him last, him midst, and without end. and most attractive is the fair result of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
2. a human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature. the world hath not a sweeter creature.
3. a person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool. a creature of the queen's, lady anne bullen. both charles himself and his creature, laud.
4. a general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
creature
comforts, those which minister to the comfort of the body.
creature
n
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna]


2. a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: wight]


3. a person who is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: tool, puppet]


creature
denotes the whole creation in rom. 8:39; col. 1:15; rev. 5:13; the whole human race in mark 16:15; rom. 8:19-22. the living creatures in ezek. 10:15, 17, are imaginary beings, symbols of the divine attributes and operations.

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  similar words(3) 

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 imaginary creature 
 creature comforts 
 legendary creature 

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Creadur = n. a creature

Ehedyn = n. a winged creature

Gwrachan = n. a little creature

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Noun
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
(synonym) animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna
(hypernym) organism, being
(hyponym) critter
(member-holonym) Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
(substance-meronym) animal tissue
(part-meronym) head, caput
(derivation) make, create
(class) crested, topknotted, tufted
2. a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
(synonym) wight
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(derivation) make, create
3. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
(synonym) tool, puppet
(hypernym) slave

Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being

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denotes the whole creation in Rom. 8:39; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:13; the whole human race in Mark 16:15; Rom. 8:19-22. The living creatures in Ezek. 10:15, 17, are imaginary beings, symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.