Hook
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Hook
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1 n.
A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
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2 n.
That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
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3 n.
An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
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4 n.
See Eccentric, and V-hook.
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5 n.
A snare; a trap.
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6 n.
A field sown two years in succession.
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7 n.
The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
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8 v. t.
To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
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9 v. t.
To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
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10 v. t.
To steal.
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11 v. i.
To bend; to curve as a hook.
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12 n.
A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
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13 n.
That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
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14 n.
An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
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15 n.
See Eccentric, and V-hook.
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16 n.
A snare; a trap.
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17 n.
A field sown two years in succession.
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18 n.
The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
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19 v. t.
To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
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20 v. t.
To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
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21 v. t.
To steal.
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22 v. i.
To bend; to curve as a hook.