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HOOK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

Synonyms:

hook; hook shot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hook" is a kind of...):

basketball shot (throwing the basketball toward the hoop)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hook" is a kind of...):

biff; clout; lick; poke; punch; slug ((boxing) a blow with the fist)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hook"):

roundhouse (a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing)

Derivation:

hook (hit with a hook)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

Example:

he took lessons to cure his hooking

Synonyms:

draw; hook; hooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hook" is a kind of...):

golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)

Derivation:

hook (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hook" is a kind of...):

implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)

Meronyms (parts of "hook"):

barb (a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hook"):

skyhook (a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky)

meat hook (a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung)

gig (a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting)

gaff (an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish)

fishhook (a sharp barbed hook for catching fish)

cup hook (hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups)

crotchet (a small tool or hooklike implement)

buttonhook (a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole)

boat hook (pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats)

Derivation:

hook (catch with a hook)

hook (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

Synonyms:

claw; hook

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hook" is a kind of...):

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hook"):

anchor; ground tackle (a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving)

pothook (an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire)

tenterhook (one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter)

Holonyms ("hook" is a part of...):

clothes hanger; coat hanger; dress hanger (a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on)

grapnel; grapple; grappler; grappling hook; grappling iron (a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope)

Derivation:

hook (fasten with a hook)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A catch for locking a door

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hook" is a kind of...):

catch (a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window)

Derivation:

hook (fasten with a hook)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Anything that serves as an enticement

Synonyms:

bait; come-on; hook; lure; sweetener

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hook" is a kind of...):

enticement; temptation (something that seduces or has the quality to seduce)

Derivation:

hook (entice and trap)

hook (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug))

Sense 8

Meaning:

A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

Synonyms:

crotchet; hook

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("hook" is a kind of...):

curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hook"):

uncus ((biology) any hook-shaped process or part)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Approach with an offer of sexual favors

Example:

The young man was caught soliciting in the park

Synonyms:

accost; hook; solicit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

offer (make available or accessible, provide or furnish)

Verb group:

hook; snare (entice and trap)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Entice and trap

Example:

The car salesman had snared three potential customers

Synonyms:

hook; snare

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

entice; lure; tempt (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion)

Verb group:

accost; hook; solicit (approach with an offer of sexual favors)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

hook (anything that serves as an enticement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Secure with the foot

Example:

hook the ball

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

play (shoot or hit in a particular manner)

Domain category:

rugby; rugby football; rugger (a form of football played with an oval ball)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

Synonyms:

addict; hook

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

accustom; habituate (make psychologically or physically used (to something))

"Hook" entails doing...:

habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

hook (anything that serves as an enticement)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Fasten with a hook

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

unhook (take off a hook)

Also:

hook up (connect or link)

Derivation:

hook (a catch for locking a door)

hook (a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Catch with a hook

Example:

hook a fish

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

catch; grab; take hold of (take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hook"):

seize (hook by a pull on the line)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

hook (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Hit with a hook

Example:

His opponent hooked him badly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Domain category:

boxing; fisticuffs; pugilism (fighting with the fists)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to hook his opponent

Derivation:

hook (a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

hit (cause to move by striking)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

hook (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer)

hooker (a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers))

hooking (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

Example:

She sat there crocheting all day

Synonyms:

crochet; hook

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

intertwine; loop (make a loop in)

Verb group:

crochet (create by looping or crocheting)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

hook (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Make off with belongings of others

Synonyms:

abstract; cabbage; filch; hook; lift; nobble; pilfer; pinch; purloin; snarf; sneak; swipe

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sentence example:

They hook the goods

Sense 11

Meaning:

Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Synonyms:

fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

"Hook" entails doing...:

bill; charge (demand payment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hook"):

extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring (obtain by coercion or intimidation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 12

Meaning:

Take by theft

Example:

Someone snitched my wallet!

Synonyms:

cop; glom; hook; knock off; snitch; thieve

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "hook" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

This allele, which encodes POZ-, AT hook-, and zinc finger-containing protein 1, plays a role in the negative regulation of transcription.

(PATZ1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

From the heavy wooden rafters which formed the roof there hung rows of hooks which held up sides of bacon, joints of smoked beef, and strings of onions for winter use.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An imaging device is used to guide a thin wire with a hook at the end through a hollow needle to place the wire in or around the abnormal area.

(Needle localization, NCI Dictionary)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL protein, including the AT hook DNA binding domain and the DNA methyltransferase domain, fused to most of the afadin protein.

(MLL/MLLT4 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the AT-hook DNA binding domain of the high mobility group protein HMGI-C fused to the C-terminal proline-rich region and all three LIM domains of the lipoma-preferred partner protein.

(HMGA2/LPP Long Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the AT-hook DNA binding domain of the high mobility group protein HMGI-C fused to LIM domains 2 and 3 of the C-terminal portion of the lipoma-preferred partner protein.

(HMGA2/LPP Short Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the AT-hook DNA binding domain of the high mobility group protein HMGI-C fused to the C-terminal region of the DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 2 protein.

(HMGA2/RAD51B Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the transactivation domain of the RNA-binding protein EWS fused to the C-terminus of POZ-, AT hook-, and zinc finger-containing protein 1 containing one C2H2 zinc-finger DNA binding domain.

(EWSR1/PATZ1 Fusion Protein Long A Isoform, NCI Thesaurus)

“They may rest here on the hook and will be dry presently. You have come up from the south-west, I see.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Seeing the hook, however they naturally saved themselves the trouble.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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