A piece of iron or other metal bent into a curve for catching, holding and sustaining any thing; as a hook for catching fish; a teeter-hook; a chimney-hook; a pot-hook.

A snare; a trap.

A curving instrument for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping.

That part of a hinge which is fixed or inserted in a post. Whence the phrase, to be off the hooks, to be unhinged, to be disturbed or disordered.

A forked timber in a ship, placed on the keel.

A catch; an advantage.

In husbandry, a field sown two years running. By hook and by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect.

To catch with a hook; as, to hook a fish.

To seize and draw, as with a hook.

To fasten with a hook.

To entrap; to ensnare.

To draw by force or artifice. To hook on, to apply a hook.

To bend; to be curving.