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

  • (..) Sleep... Wake up, little spider. Wake up. No, you're not dead yet. Just paralyzed... ...temporarily. You're an amazing creature, Spiderman. You and I are not so different. I'm not like you. You're a murderer. Well, to each his own. I chose my path, (..)
    2002 Spider-Man