creek
21Creek [2] — Creek (spr. krihk), Maskoki, nordamerik. Indianerstamm, seit 1833 im Indianerterritorium …
22Creek — (Krihk), in Nordamerika die Seitenbäche eines Flusses …
23Creek — 〈 [kri:k] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Geogr.〉 nur zur Regenzeit Wasser führender Fluss [Etym.: engl., »Bucht«; engl. (amerikan.) »kleiner Fluss«] …
24creek — [n] stream of water brook, brooklet, burn, crick, ditch, race, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, spring, streamlet, tributary, watercourse; concept 514 …
25Creek — [kri:k ], der; s, s <englisch> ([zeitweise ausgetrockneter] Flusslauf, besonders in Nordamerika und Australien) …
26Creek — /kreek/, n., pl. Creeks, (esp. collectively) Creek. 1. a member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia. 2. Also called Muskogee. a Muskogean language that is the language …
27creek — /kreek, krik/, n. 1. U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river. 2. a stream or channel in a coastal marsh. 3. Chiefly Atlantic States and Brit. a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea. 4. an estuary. 5. Brit. Dial. a narrow,… …
28Creek — Los maskoki o creek (en idioma maskoki: mvskoke [məskoke]) son una tribu amerindia ubicada en el sureste de los EE. UU.. Su lengua maskoki pertenece al grupo lingüístico de las lenguas maskoki (lenguas muskogi). En el siglo XVII y XVIII formaron… …
29creek — [[t]kri͟ːk[/t]] creeks 1) N COUNT: oft in names A creek is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. [BRIT] 2) N COUNT: oft in names A creek is a small stream or river. [AM] Follow Austin Creek for a few miles. 3) PHRASE: v… …
30creek — UK [kriːk] / US [krɪk] / US [krɪk] noun [countable] Word forms creek : singular creek plural creeks 1) British a long narrow area of sea stretching into the land 2) a narrow stream • be up the creek (without a paddle)= be up shit creek (without a …
