crea|ture

crea|ture «KREE chuhr», noun.

1. any living person or animal; a person or beast: »

Mother let us keep the lost dog, as the poor creature was starving.

2. anything created; creation: »

Ghosts are creatures of our imagination.

SYNONYM(S): invention, production.

3. a farm animal (especially in the United States).

4. a person who is strongly influenced or controlled by another person or thing; person who is ready to do anything that another asks. SYNONYM(S): dependent, tool.

5. Figurative. something produced by or developing from something else; result; product.

6. material comfort, especially food, drink, and the like: »

Good wine is a good familiar creature (Shakespeare).

7. intoxicating liquor, especially whiskey (humorous, from the passage I Timothy 4:4, “Every creature of God is good,” used in defense of the use of wine).

╂[< Old French creature, learned borrowing from Latin creātūra < creāre produce]