Definition of Crek
Creek (krēk), 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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. (Chiefly UK & Indian.)
- A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. (Chiefly US, Canadian & Australian.)
- Any turn or winding.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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