English noun: creek | |||
1. | creek (object) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | ||
Samples | The creek dried up every summer. | ||
Synonyms | brook | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stream, watercourse | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brooklet | ||
Instance hyponym | Aegospotami, Aegospotamos, Bull Run | ||
2. | Creek (person) any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma | ||
Broader (hypernym) | American Indian, Indian, Red Indian | ||