hook
//hʊk//
Forms
- Plural
- hooks
- present (v1)
- hook
- past (v2)
- hooked
- past participle (v3)
- hooked
- present participle
- hooking
- 3rd person singular
- hooks
Definitions
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.The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
3.A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
4.Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
1.To attach a hook to.
- Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.
2.To become attached, as by a hook.
- The utensil holder hooks onto the side of the dishrack.
3.To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
4.To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- No one seems to want anything but hooked mats now.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3984
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
Cognates