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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. --Cowper. They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. --Acts xxvii. 39. 2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. --Goldsmith. 3. Any turn or winding. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}] 2: any member of the Creek Confederacy of Muskhogean peoples (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma [syn: {Creek}]
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