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What is a creek?

What is a creek? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Britain) A (often saltwater) small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
  3. Any turn or winding.
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A second site done shortly afterward was completed in two days flat, largely due to efficiencies gained in diverting the creek.
Lower down, Galaxias maculatus were found trapped in the creek by nearby building works.
At one point, we rounded a blind corner and startled a gigantic grizzly sow and her cub as they crossed a shallow, rocky creek.
Then he lifted me up and I could see a beautiful creek area which was going to be part of a wild bird sanctuary or something like that.
One summer day, I spent several idle moments beside a still, shallow creek near my home, trying to goad the water striders there into flying.
Seventeen miles up-valley, a raging creek flows in clear to join the silty Soler, an unnamed peak filling the V between the two streams.

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