hook

/huːk/ · noun

Meaning

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
To attach a hook to.
To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
To steal.

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