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HOOKED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
dependant; dependent; drug-addicted; hooked; strung-out
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Similar:
addicted (compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Curved down like an eagle's beak
Synonyms:
aquiline; hooked
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crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
Example:
hooklike thorns
Synonyms:
hooked; hooklike
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Adjectives
Similar:
curved; curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb hook