1.  hook(n = noun.artifact) - a catch for locking a door;
is a kind of catch
Derived form verb hook₁

2.  hook(n = noun.shape) crotchet - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook;
is a kind of curve, curved shape
has particulars: uncus

3.  hook(n = noun.cognition) bait, come-on, lure, sweetener - anything that serves as an enticement;
is a kind of enticement, temptation
Derived forms verb hook₁₁, verb hook₉

4.  hook(n = noun.artifact) claw - a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something;
is a kind of mechanical device
is a part of clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron
has particulars: anchor, ground tackle, pothook, tenterhook
Derived form verb hook₁

5.  hook(n = noun.artifact) - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something;
is a kind of implement
has parts: barb
has particulars: boat hook, buttonhook, crotchet, cup hook, fishhook, gaff, gig, meat hook, skyhook
Derived forms verb hook₈, verb hook₃

6.  hook(n = noun.act) draw, hooking - a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
is a kind of golf shot, golf stroke, swing
Derived form verb hook₄

7.  hook(n = noun.act) - a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent;
is a kind of biff, clout, lick, poke, punch, slug
has particulars: roundhouse
Derived form verb hook₇

8.  hook(n = noun.act) hook shot - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket;
is a kind of basketball shot

1.  hook(v = verb.contact) - fasten with a hook;
is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Antonym: unhook
Derived forms noun hook₄, noun hook₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

2.  hook(v = verb.possession) fleece, gazump, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge - rip off; ask an unreasonable price;
is one way to cheat, chisel, rip off
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

3.  hook(v = verb.creation) crochet - make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
is one way to intertwine, loop
Derived form noun hook₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  hook(v = verb.contact) - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left;
is one way to hit
Derived forms noun hook₆, noun hooker₄, noun hooking₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5.  hook(v = verb.possession) cop, glom, knock off, snitch, thieve - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
is one way to steal
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

6.  hook(v = verb.possession) abstract, cabbage, filch, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe - make off with belongings of others;
is one way to steal
Sample sentences: They hook the goods

7.  hook(v = verb.contact) - hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
is one way to hit
Derived form noun hook₇
Sample sentences: The fighter managed to hook his opponent

8.  hook(v = verb.contact) - catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
is one way to catch, grab, take hold of
Derived form noun hook₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

9.  hook(v = verb.consumption) addict - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug);
is one way to accustom, habituate
Derived form noun hook₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody PP

10.  hook(v = verb.competition) - secure with the foot; "hook the ball"
is one way to play
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

11.  hook(v = verb.communication) snare - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
is one way to entice, lure, tempt
Derived form noun hook₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody

12.  hook(v = verb.communication) accost, solicit - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
is one way to offer
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody

1.  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. [1913 Webster]

2.  That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. [1913 Webster]

3.  An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook. [1913 Webster]
"Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook." [1913 Webster]

4.  See Eccentric, and V-hook. [1913 Webster]

5.  A snare; a trap. Shak. [1913 Webster]

6.  A field sown two years in succession. [1913 Webster]

7.  The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones. [1913 Webster]

8.  A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9.  The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball; in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer who struck the ball. [PJC]

10.  A procedure within the encoding of a computer program which allows the user to modify the program so as to import data from or export data to other programs. [PJC]

1.  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. [1913 Webster]
"Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice." [1913 Webster]

2.  To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. [1913 Webster]

3.  To steal. [1913 Webster]

1.  To bend; to curve as a hook. [1913 Webster]

2.  To move or go with a sudden turn; Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

hook, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a piece of metal or other material bent back at an angle or with a round bend, for catching hold or for hanging things on. b (in full fish-hook) a bent piece of wire, usu. barbed and baited, for catching fish.
2 a curved cutting instrument (reaping-hook).
3 a a sharp bend, e.g. in a river. b a projecting point of land (Hook of Holland). c a sand-spit with a curved end.
4 a Cricket & Golf a hooking stroke (see sense 5 of v.). b Boxing a short swinging blow with the elbow bent and rigid.
5 a trap, a snare.
6 a a curved stroke in handwriting, esp. as made in learning to write. b Mus. an added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for a quaver etc.
7 (in pl.) sl. fingers.
--v.
1 tr. a grasp with a hook. b secure with a hook or hooks.
2 (often foll. by on, up) a tr. attach with or as with a hook. b intr. be or become attached with a hook.
3 tr. catch with or as with a hook (he hooked a fish; she hooked a husband).
4 tr. sl. steal.
5 tr. a Cricket play (the ball) round from the off to the on side with an upward stroke. b (also absol.) Golf strike (the ball) so that it deviates towards the striker.
6 tr. Rugby Football secure (the ball) and pass it backward with the foot in the scrum.
7 tr. Boxing strike (one's opponent) with the elbow bent and rigid.

Idiom:
be hooked on sl. be addicted to or captivated by. by hook or by crook by one means or another, by fair means or foul. hook and eye a small metal hook and loop as a fastener on a garment. hook it sl. make off, run away. hook, line, and sinker entirely. hook-nose an aquiline nose. hook-nosed having an aquiline nose. hook-up a connection, esp. an interconnection of broadcasting equipment for special transmissions. off the hook
1 colloq. no longer in difficulty or trouble.
2 (of a telephone receiver) not on its rest, and so preventing incoming calls. off the hooks sl. dead. on one's own hook sl. on one's own account. sling (or take) one's hook sl. = hook it.

Derivative:
hookless adj. hooklet n. hooklike adj.

Etymology:
OE hoc: sense 3 of n. prob. influenced by Du. hoek corner

VB  join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

N  connection, vinculum, link, connective, connection, junction, bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium, bracket, bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus, bond, tendon, tendril, fiber, cord, cordage, riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain, string, fastener, fastening, tie, ligament, ligature, strap, tackle, rigging, standing rigging, running rigging, traces, harness, yoke, band ribband, bandage, brace, roller, fillet, inkle, with, withe, withy, thong, braid, girder, tiebeam, girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot, cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim, suspenders, pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener, clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp, cramp, cramp iron, ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl, terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle, clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag, tooth, hook, hook and eye, lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet, anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post, cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout, viscum, shackle, rein, prop.

N  retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.

VB  take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.

N  pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.

N  curvature, curvity, curvation, incurvature, incurvity, incurvation, bend, flexure, flexion, flection, conflexure, crook, hook, bought, bending, deflection, deflexion, inflection, inflexion, concameration, arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep, curl, curling, bough, recurvity, recurvation, sinuosity, kink, carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck, parabola, hyperbola, helix, spiral, catenary, festoon, conchoid, cardioid, caustic, tracery, arched ceiling, arched roof, bay window, bow window, sine curve, spline, spline curve, spline function, obliquity, curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear, devex, devious, recurved, recurvous, crump, bowed, vaulted, hooked, falciform, falcated, semicircular, crescentic, sinusoid, parabolic, paraboloid, luniform, lunular, semilunar, conchoidal, helical, double helical, spiral, kinky, cordiform, cordated, cardioid, heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped, kidney-shaped, reniform, lentiform, lenticular, bow-legged, oblique, circular, aduncated, arclike, arcuate, arched, beaked, bicorn, bicornuous, bicornute, clypeate, clypeiform, cymbiform, embowed, galeiform, hamate, hamiform, hamous, hooked, linguiform, lingulate, lobiform, lunate, navicular, peltate, remiform, rhamphoid, rostrate, rostriferous, rostroid, scutate, scaphoid, uncate, unguiculate, unguiform.

arrester hook, bench hook, boat hook, by hook or by crook, can hook, cant hook, crochet hook, cup hook, fire hook, grappling hook, hook and eye, hook and ladder, hook and ladder truck, hook line and sinker, hook of holland, hook on, hook shot, hook spanner, hook up, hook up with, hook wrench, kranging hook, meat hook, off the hook, on the hook, pruning hook, reap hook, reaping hook, v hook