creature

Definition

  • noun: an animal of any type
  • noun: something 'created' either animate or inanimate
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: animal, man, instrument

Examples

  • The industry is still a 'creature of' the 1930s. [=it began in the 1930s and has not changed]

  • They say that these forests are filled with wild 'creatures'. [='beasts']

  • I'm a 'creature of habit'. [=I always do the same things in the same way]

Movie quotes

  • (..) he doesn't know how to beg. Okay. If you want the food... ...the antidote, you're gonna have to do exactly what I say. No, not likely. You're a degenerate creature of darkness. Yeah, yeah, granted but that's it. All I'm asking you to do is just tilt your head a little. You could do that, can't you? (..)
    2008 Bolt