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Crea·ture n.
1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. --Fuller.
God's first creature was light. --Bacon.
On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. --Milton.
And most attractive is the fair result
Of thought, the creature of a polished mind. --Cowper.
2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.
The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.
3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.
Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud. --Macaulay.
4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
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creature comforts
n : things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the
comforts of home" [syn: comforts, amenities, conveniences]