In US English, a creek is a stream, smaller than a river. In UK English, it’s a place where the sea runs some way inland along a narrow passage or a tidal estuary. Unrelatedly, a Creek, with a capital letter, is a member of…
As a noun, a harbor is a body of water deep enough to anchor a ship and that protects ships from wind and weather. This can be a natural or an artificial body of water. Figuratively, a harbor is…
To bend means ‘to force something from a straight to a curved shape’ or ‘to become curved.’ It also means ‘to lean’ or ‘to turn in a particular direction.’ Figuratively, to bend means…
A crab is a crustacean, a sea animal with claws and five pairs of legs, and also the flesh of this animal served as food. Unrelatedly, and informally, we call an ill-tempered and unpleasant person a crab, and the related verb means…
When we say that something is stale we mean that it is not fresh and, especially when talking about bread, we mean that it is dry and hard. Stale can also mean…
