From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Creeks \Creeks\ (kr[=e]ks), n. pl.; sing. {Creek}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including
the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate
tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and
Alabama.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Creek \Creek\ (kr[=e]k), n. [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.
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Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore.
--Cowper.
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They discovered a certain creek, with a shore.
--Acts xxvii.
39.
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2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a
brook.
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Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks.
--Goldsmith.
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3. Any turn or winding.
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The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands.
--Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
creek
n 1: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
[syn: {brook}, {creek}]
2: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee)
formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in
Oklahoma
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