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Creek

krik
WordNet
Elaborated creek on the placer (concession for gold mining) of the brothers L. and F. de Jong in East Suriname. Part of the photo album Souvenir de Voyage (part 5), about the life of the Doijer family in and around the Ma Retraite plantation in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.
Elaborated creek on the placer (concession for gold mining) of the brothers L. and F. de Jong in East Suriname. Part of the photo album Souvenir de Voyage (part 5), about the life of the Doijer family in and around the Ma Retraite plantation in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.
  1. (n) creek
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) "the creek dried up every summer"
  2. (n) Creek
    any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
Illustrations
Rapids in the Miendrieneti Creek. Part of the photo album Souvenir de Voyage (part 1), about the life of the Doijer family in and around the Ma Retraite plantation in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.
Rapids in the Miendrieneti Creek. Part of the photo album Souvenir de Voyage (part 1), about the life of the Doijer family in and around the Ma Retraite plantation in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.
View of Onoribo, a woodland in the district of Para, Suriname. In the foreground a creek. In the field a few cows and a canoe.
View of Onoribo, a woodland in the district of Para, Suriname. In the foreground a creek. In the field a few cows and a canoe.
Group portrait of three Caribbean women and a child, from the Casipoere creek in the garden of the Gouvernementshuis in Paramaribo.
Group portrait of three Caribbean women and a child, from the Casipoere creek in the garden of the Gouvernementshuis in Paramaribo.
The Battle on the Slaak, September 12-13, 1631. Map of the waterways, creeks and flooded land between Bergen op Zoom, Zandvliet and Antwerp. The map shows the sailing routes that the Dutch and Spanish fleets took for the battle on the Slaak. Top left an explanation of the Dutch and Latin names, bottom right a cartouche with the Latin title. Annotations in pen underneath the print.
The Battle on the Slaak, September 12-13, 1631. Map of the waterways, creeks and flooded land between Bergen op Zoom, Zandvliet and Antwerp. The map shows the sailing routes that the Dutch and Spanish fleets took for the battle on the Slaak. Top left an explanation of the Dutch and Latin names, bottom right a cartouche with the Latin title. Annotations in pen underneath the print.
Map of the Scheldt with all waterways, creeks and flooded land between Antwerp, Goes, Bergen op Zoom and Breda with the battle on the Slaak, 12-13 September 1631, between the Dutch and Spanish fleets. The Dutch fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Marinus Hollare. Top left, two insets with cards of the army quarters in the Langestraat and Noortgeest near Bergen op Zoom. Under the plate 3 columns of text printed in Dutch.
Map of the Scheldt with all waterways, creeks and flooded land between Antwerp, Goes, Bergen op Zoom and Breda with the battle on the Slaak, 12-13 September 1631, between the Dutch and Spanish fleets. The Dutch fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Marinus Hollare. Top left, two insets with cards of the army quarters in the Langestraat and Noortgeest near Bergen op Zoom. Under the plate 3 columns of text printed in Dutch.
A creek in the jungle in the Upper Para. A man with a gun over his shoulder is standing on a tree trunk. Part of a group of 44 photographs of Paramaribo, Suriname and Curaçao, ca. 1900-1905, mounted on cardboard and provided with inscriptions.
A creek in the jungle in the Upper Para. A man with a gun over his shoulder is standing on a tree trunk. Part of a group of 44 photographs of Paramaribo, Suriname and Curaçao, ca. 1900-1905, mounted on cardboard and provided with inscriptions.
Piling for the construction of the bridge over the Wittewater creek (Wittiewatra) Photo in the photo album about the construction of the Lawaspoorweg in Suriname in the years 1903-1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname.
Piling for the construction of the bridge over the Wittewater creek (Wittiewatra) Photo in the photo album about the construction of the Lawaspoorweg in Suriname in the years 1903-1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname.
Construction of the bridge over the Wittewater creek (Wittiewatra). Photo in the photo album about the construction of the Lawas railway in Suriname in the years 1903-1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname.
Construction of the bridge over the Wittewater creek (Wittiewatra). Photo in the photo album about the construction of the Lawas railway in Suriname in the years 1903-1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The single highest temperature ever recorded in U.S. history was 134 degrees Fahrenheit. It was recorded in Greenland Ranch, CA on July 10, 1913. The lowest recorded temperature was minus 80 degrees on January 23, 1971 in Prospect Creek, AK.
  1. Creek
    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.", "They discovered a certain creek , with a shore."
  2. Creek
    A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. "Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks ."
  3. Creek
    Any turn or winding. "The passages of alleys, creeks , and narrow lands."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) creek
    A small inlet, bay, or cove; a recess in the shore of the sea or of a river, or of any considerable body of water.
  2. (n) creek
    A small stream; a brook; a rivulet. See crick.
  3. (n) creek
    A turn or winding.
  4. (n) creek
    Hence A device; an artifice; a trick.
  5. (n) creek
    A small seaboard town of insufficient importance to have a customs-station of its own.
  6. creek
    To twist and wind; form a creek.
  7. (n) creek
    An obsolete spelling of creak.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Creek
    krēk a small inlet or bay of the sea, or the tidal estuary of a river: any turn or winding: in America and Australia, a small river
Quotations
Like dreams, small creeks grow into mighty rivers.
Source Unknown
Idioms

Lord willing and the creek don't rise - Pertains to the ability to accomplish a task or meet an obligation, barring unforseen complications. Example: "I will be at work tomorrow, Lord willing and the creek don't rise."

Up the creek - If someone or something is up the creek, they are in real trouble. 'Up the creek without a paddle' is an alternative, and 'up shit creek (without a paddle)' is a ruder form.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary AS. crecca,; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki, crack, nook; cf. W. crig, crack, crigyll, ravine, creek. Cf. Crick Crook

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Prob. Scand., Ice. kriki, a nook; cf. Dut. kreek, a bay.

Usage in the news

The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing concerning improvements to the Route 661 Bridge (Midland Trail/Ogle Creek Road) over Ogle Creek in Alleghany County. 2.wsls.com

Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent Mary Chesley (Provided by Cherry Creek Schools). denverpost.com

Local residents are invited to join the UC Davis Art of Regional Change and the Cache Creek Conservancy for a multimedia arts festival and celebration of the Cache Creek Nature Preserve from noon to 6 pm Saturday, Oct 20. davisenterprise.com

The Town of Coal Creek and the members of Eureka Masonic Temple No 66 will host its annual Christmas Party from 4-6 pm Saturday at 216 Main St in Coal Creek. canoncitydailyrecord.com

Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent Mary Chesley (Provided by Cherry Creek Schools). denverpost.com

The annual election for the Cherry Creek Fire District will be held Tuesday at the Cherry Creek Fire Hall. observertoday.com

Main Street in Cherry Creek will be filled with the sights and sounds of Christmas this Saturday, as the Cherry Creek Community Association hosts the annual Christmas in Cherry Creek weekend. post-journal.com

8 pm Saturday, December 15, at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, 5555 NW 40 St, Coconut Creek. browardpalmbeach.com

CHERRY CREEK — Even without her name on the ballot, incumbent Debra Gabel will still be the tax collector in the town of Cherry Creek. post-journal.com

Enlarge Griffin Moores Griffin Moores MLive.com Warming up to prepare for the race a horse trots in front of the grandstands at Sports Creek Raceway during one of the two weekly live races on Friday, December 7, 2012 in Swartz Creek, Mich. mlive.com

Jaxson Bowles, 10, jumps over Paige Griffith, 10, right, both of Campbells Creek, and Grae Roy, 9, of Georges Creek, at Skateland of Campbells Creek in the eastern Kanawha County. dailymail.com

The committee is working on Part Two of the Hinkson Creek Watershed Restoration Project, which aims to improve the water quality of Hinkson Creek. columbiamissourian.com

West Creek Conservancy has purchased a small residential lot that is expected to become the southern end of a proposed 1.5-mile trail extension in Parma's West Creek Reservation. cleveland.com

Robert Hughes thinks the coal that fueled railroad engines some 150 years ago is making the waters of Solomon Creek rise higher today, raising the risk of flooding in Wilkes-Barre and other towns in the creek 's watershed. timesleader.com

8 pm Saturday, December 15, at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek , 5555 NW 40 St, Coconut Creek . browardpalmbeach.com

Usage in scientific papers

Creek, Albany County, Wyoming, and collected by J. L.
Aspects of the history, anatomy, taxonomy and palaeobiology of sauropod dinosaurs

April was an uncruel month, with initial operations of CARMA (the union of radio millimeter facilities made out of OVRO and BIMA, Nature 441, 141), the initiation of optical SETI at Oak Ridge Observatory (Harvard), and the first 10 dishes of the Allen (SETI) Telescope Array in place at Hat Creek.
Astrophysics in 2006

The ATA is sited at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory run by the Radio Astronomy Laboratory (RAL) of the University of California at Berkeley, CA.
Astrophysics in 2006

Petruny (2008), ―Impact spherule-bearing, Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sand body, Shell Creek stratigraphic section, Alabama, USA‖, in The Sedimentary Record of Impacts, Eds. K.R.
The Cyborg Astrobiologist: Testing a Novelty-Detection Algorithm on Two Mobile Exploration Systems at Rivas Vaciamadrid in Spain and at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah

North America, the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
THE SOLAR NEUTRINO PROBLEM

Usage in literature

We were on a high hilly plateau between Hat Creek and the valley of Lake La Hache. "The Trail of the Goldseekers" by Hamlin Garland

Above and below the fort are creeks. "My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field" by Charles Carleton Coffin

Salt Creek emptied into the sea on the north side of Smugglers' Reef. "Smugglers' Reef" by John Blaine

White Bear and his companions rode into the creek to meet them. "Shaman" by Robert Shea

In vain I told her it was no use; the creek was no good, and to record the claims was a waste of money. "The Trail of a Sourdough" by May Kellogg Sullivan

As to the Clarks, they were determined to take the trail for Hunter's Creek that very day. "The Boy Settlers" by Noah Brooks

You ride down Dry Fork to the junction, and then three miles up Plum Creek. "Out of the Depths" by Robert Ames Bennet

The creek shone and faded; sometimes the smoke curled about the tent and sometimes blew away. "Partners of the Out-Trail" by Harold Bindloss

In this year too, settlements were made on Simpson's creek, the West Fork river and on Elk creek. "Chronicles of Border Warfare" by Alexander Scott Withers

Wheeling Creek is famous in Western history. "Afloat on the Ohio" by Reuben Gold Thwaites

Usage in poetry
Only the wind and the surges
Moan and moan and moan,
But the little creek Coonana,
It sings in a merry tone.
"Have you no home? O take my nest,
It almost is the sky;"
And then there came along the creek
A purple dragon-fly.
Till Forty-mile, and Stony Creek,
Revived our waning hopes,
And round Fort-George a limit held
The Yankees as with ropes.
The low, bare flats at ebb-tide, the rush of the sea
at flood,
Through inlet and creek and river, from dike to
upland wood;
The finny treasures now are scarce,
In river, creek or rill,
For poison'd are they by the dust,
That comes from lumber mill.
And every creek a banker ran,
And dams filled overtop;
"We’ll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If this rain doesn’t stop."