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Hook
/huːk/
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
📖 Definitions of "Hook"
- 1
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- 2
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- 3
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- 4
The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- 1
To attach a hook to.
"Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away."
- 2
To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
"He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water."
- 3
To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- 4
To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
"He hooked his fingers through his belt loops."
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