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

  • (..) How did Jack get off the island? Well, I'll tell ye. He waded out into the shallows. He waited there three days and three nights till all manner of sea creatures 'came acclimated to his presence. And on the fourth morning, he roped a couple of sea turtles, (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • (..) a woman on board, too. Even a miniature one. I think it'd be rather exciting to meet a pirate. Think again, Miss Swann. Vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them. I intend that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves. (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl