hook

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1. hook - Noun

2. hook - Verb

3. Hook - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.

See Eccentric, and V-hook.

A field sown two years in succession.

The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

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.

To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

To steal.

To bend; to curve as a hook.

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Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish. Ovid

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. Mitch Hedberg

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A cracked pot never fell off the hook. Italian Proverb

It is vain to fish if the hook is not baited. Italian Proverb

Fish bite best on a golden hook. Norwegian Proverb

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