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Meaning of creek in English
(Definition of creek from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
creek | American Dictionary
Examples of creek
creek
Small creeks cross terra firme habitat and topographic relief can be as much as 35 m within a 1-ha plot.
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Handles were removed, and drainage holes were made and then the buckets were sunk into the ground, 25 m apart, along a drift fence on either side of creeks.
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Later in the wet season, when the creeks return to their normal flow patterns, this route is still a convenient and safe access for coastal traffic to inland areas.
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The impact of epifaunal predation on the structure of macroinfaunal inver tebrate communities of tidal saltmarsh creeks.
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I am thinking particularly of creeks that need to be dammed to provide an adequate level of water for boating.
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Of course, very much depends upon the sluices and gates, and the small bays and creeks which drain these areas.
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I do not think he read the whole definition, but he covered creeks, bays and all kinds of other things.
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There must be many places where it would be possible to set up some sort of pilot scheme at one of the many creeks and tributaries.
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The boats have increased in size, and it is no longer possible to draw them into the little creeks, as was the case when they were much smaller.
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We have creeks and coves, windswept cliffs and sun-soaked and glorious beaches, but that beauty, like so much in life, cannot mask the underlying problems that scar the area.
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On an incoming tide, while not dangerous, the ground generally gives the impression of opening slightly, and a person walking round these creeks could tire fairly quickly.
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First it fills the creeks and channels, the lower levels, leaving behind sandbanks and shoals, like islands in the flood, and then the tide comes up and submerges them all.
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When you recollect our coast line, with its numerous creeks and bays and harbours and the powerful smuggling instinct, there must be a substantial allowance for cost of collection.
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Most of the placer-producing creeks drain the area of lode mineralization.
More than fourteen named creeks cross the corridor.
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Collocations with creek
creek
These are words often used in combination with creek.
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creek bed
First they cleaned out the bottom of the creek, called the creek bed.
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creek bottom
In this area, cornfields were scattered about in the creek bottom.
creek crossing
A small creek crossing used to be required, but a bridge has been built over the creek.
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çay, dere, ırmak yolu…
ruisseau [masculine], crique, ruisseau…
小川（おがわ）…
inham, beek…
zátoka, potok…
bugt, vig, indskæring…
anak sungai, sungai kecil…
ทางน้ำแคบ ๆ, ลำธาร…
vịnh, lạch, con sông nhỏ…
zatoczka, strumień, odnoga rzeki…
liten vik (bukt), flodarm, å…
suar, anak sungai kecik…
kleiner Wasserlauf, das Flüsschen…
bekk [masculine], vik, bekk…
бухта, струмок, ручай…
бухта, ручей…
