"hook" meaning in English

See hook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hʊk/ Audio: en-us-hook.ogg [US], en-au-hook.ogg [Australia] Forms: hook [singular], hooks [plural]
enPR: ho͝ok Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A hook is a curved, sharp thing, usually made of metal and often small. Someone can put the hook through a hole in something to grip it so that they can pull the thing.
    Sense id: simple-hook-en-noun-x79Z6kt~

Verb

IPA: /hʊk/ Audio: en-us-hook.ogg [US], en-au-hook.ogg [Australia] Forms: hook [canonical], hooks [third-person, singular], hooked [past], hooked [past, participle], hooking [present, participle]
enPR: ho͝ok Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are hooking something, you are attaching it to a hook.
    Sense id: simple-hook-en-verb-KStZjPQT
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