Definition: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
Usage: the creek dried up every summer
Similar words: stream, watercourse
Definition: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Synonyms: Creek
Definition: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
Similar words: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
Definition: a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived