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

  • (..) ... whispers of a nameless fear. And the Ring of Power perceived... ...its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum. But something happened then the Ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. What's this? A Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins of the Shire. A ring. Lost! (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • (..) ... the Ring passed out of all knowledge. Until,when chance came... ...it ensnared a new bearer. My precious. The Ring came to the creature Gollum... ... who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. And there it consumed him. It came to me. My own. My love. My own. My precious. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring