| slovo | definícia |
creature
(mass) | creature
- bytosť, stvorenie, človek, zviera |
creature
(encz) | creature,bytost n: Zdeněk Brož |
creature
(encz) | creature,člověk Zdeněk Brož |
creature
(encz) | creature,kreatura n: luke |
creature
(encz) | creature,nestvůra n: luke |
creature
(encz) | creature,stvoření n: Zdeněk Brož |
creature
(encz) | creature,tvor n: luke |
creature
(encz) | creature,výtvor n: luke |
creature
(encz) | creature,zvíře Zdeněk Brož |
Creature
(gcide) | Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature,
L. creatura. See Create.]
1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially,
any being created with life; an animal; a man.
[1913 Webster]
He asked water, a creature so common and needful
that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
God's first creature was light. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
And most attractive is the fair result
Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a
poor creature; a pretty creature.
[1913 Webster]
The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a
servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
[1913 Webster]
A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and
shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
creature
(wn) | creature
n 1: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature,
fauna]
2: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature,
wight]
3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform
unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn:
creature, tool, puppet] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
creature
(mass) | creature
- bytosť, stvorenie, človek, zviera |
creatures
(mass) | creatures
- zvieratá |
creature
(encz) | creature,bytost n: Zdeněk Brožcreature,člověk Zdeněk Brožcreature,kreatura n: lukecreature,nestvůra n: lukecreature,stvoření n: Zdeněk Brožcreature,tvor n: lukecreature,výtvor n: lukecreature,zvíře Zdeněk Brož |
creature comforts
(encz) | creature comforts,hmotné potřeby Zdeněk Brožcreature comforts,hmotné zajištění Rostislav Svoboda |
creatures
(encz) | creatures,bytosti n: Zdeněk Brožcreatures,tvorové Zdeněk Brožcreatures,zvířata n: Zdeněk Brož |
hypothetical creature
(encz) | hypothetical creature, n: |
imaginary creature
(encz) | imaginary creature, n: |
legendary creature
(encz) | legendary creature, n: |
marine creature
(encz) | marine creature, n: |
mythical creature
(encz) | mythical creature, n: |
sea creature
(encz) | sea creature, n: |
Creature comforts
(gcide) | Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature,
L. creatura. See Create.]
1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially,
any being created with life; an animal; a man.
[1913 Webster]
He asked water, a creature so common and needful
that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
God's first creature was light. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
And most attractive is the fair result
Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a
poor creature; a pretty creature.
[1913 Webster]
The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a
servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
[1913 Webster]
A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and
shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Creatureless
(gcide) | Creatureless \Crea"ture*less\, a.
Without created beings; alone.
[1913 Webster]
God was alone And creatureless at first. --Donne.
[1913 Webster] |
Creaturely
(gcide) | Creaturely \Crea"ture*ly\, a.
Creatural; characteristic of a creature. [R.] "Creaturely
faculties." --Cheyne.
[1913 Webster] |
Creatureship
(gcide) | Creatureship \Crea"ture*ship\, n.
The condition of being a creature.
[1913 Webster] |
Fellow-creature
(gcide) | Fellow-creature \Fel"low-crea"ture\ (?; 135), n.
One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.
[1913 Webster]
Reason, by which we are raised above our
fellow-creatures, the brutes. --I. Watts.
[1913 Webster] |
creature
(wn) | creature
n 1: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature,
fauna]
2: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature,
wight]
3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform
unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn:
creature, tool, puppet] |
creature comforts
(wn) | creature comforts
n 1: things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the
comforts of home" [syn: comforts, creature comforts,
amenities, conveniences] |
hypothetical creature
(wn) | hypothetical creature
n 1: a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized
to exist |
imaginary creature
(wn) | imaginary creature
n 1: a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in
legends or myths or fiction [syn: imaginary being,
imaginary creature] |
legendary creature
(wn) | legendary creature
n 1: a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as
possibly factual |
marine creature
(wn) | marine creature
n 1: any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g.
fishes and molluscs and many mammals [syn: marine animal,
marine creature, sea animal, sea creature] |
mythical creature
(wn) | mythical creature
n 1: a monster renowned in folklore and myth [syn: {mythical
monster}, mythical creature] |
sea creature
(wn) | sea creature
n 1: any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g.
fishes and molluscs and many mammals [syn: marine animal,
marine creature, sea animal, sea creature] |
feature creature
(foldoc) | feature creature
[Possibly from slang "creature feature" for a horror movie]
1. One who loves to add features to designs or programs,
perhaps at the expense of coherence, concision or taste.
2. Alternately, a mythical being that induces otherwise
rational programmers to perpetrate such crocks. See also
feeping creaturism, creeping featurism.
[Jargon File]
|
feeping creature
(foldoc) | feeping creature
[feeping creaturism] An unnecessary feature; a bit of
chrome that, in the speaker's judgment, is the camel's nose
for a whole horde of new features.
[Jargon File]
|
feature creature
(jargon) | feature creature
n.
[poss. fr. slang ‘creature feature’ for a horror movie]
1. One who loves to add features to designs or programs, perhaps at the
expense of coherence, concision, or taste.
2. Alternately, a mythical being that induces otherwise rational
programmers to perpetrate such crocks. See also feeping creaturism, {
creeping featurism}.
|
feeping creature
(jargon) | feeping creature
n.
[from feeping creaturism] An unnecessary feature; a bit of chrome that,
in the speaker's judgment, is the camel's nose for a whole horde of new
features.
|
|