Creature

  • 121Creature From the Black Lagoon —    Voir L Étrange Créature du lac noir …

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  • 122creature of sale —    obsolete    a prostitute    For sale might have been nearer the mark:     The house you dwell in proclaims you to be a creature of sale. (Shakespeare, Pericles) …

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  • 123creature comforts — things that make life more comfortable and pleasant, such as hot water and good food. I hate camping. I can t do without my creature comforts …

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  • 124creature comfort — noun : something (as food or warmth) that gives bodily comfort * * * noun, pl ⋯ forts [count] : something that makes life easier or more pleasant usually plural a hotel with all the creature comforts [=amenities] of home …

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  • 125creature — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin creatura, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare Date: 14th century 1. something created either animate or inanimate: as a. a lower animal; especially a farm animal …

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  • 126creature — noun /ˈkɹiːʧə,ˈkɻiːʧɚ/ a) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation. Thoughts, my mindes creatures, often are with thee, / But I, their maker, want their libertie. b) A living being; an animal or human …

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  • 127Creature —    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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  • 128creature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. animal, beast; creation, being, thing; human being, individual, mortal; servant, instrument, slave, tool, dependent; critter (dial.). See substance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A living being] Syn.… …

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