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Meaning Of Hook

  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.
  2. n.
    That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  3. n.
    An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
  4. n.
    See Eccentric, and V-hook.
  5. n.
    A snare; a trap.
  6. n.
    A field sown two years in succession.
  7. n.
    The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
  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.
  9. v. t.
    To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
  10. v. t.
    To steal.
  11. v. i.
    To bend; to curve as a hook.



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