Hook synonyms and antonyms

ho͝ok

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catch
(Countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening. syn. transl.
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pull (related)
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clasp
A grip or grasp of the hand.
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link
To follow a link in a webpage or electronic document:
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bend
To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
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lock
The definition of a lock is a device or a tool for holding or securing, or an enclosed canal with a series of gates that raise and lower ships to the level of adjoining water.
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latch
The definition of a latch is a hook, bar or other mechanism that causes a door or cupboard to close and stay closed.
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sickle
An implement having a semicircular blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.
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bill
Bill is defined as a statement of fees or charges, or a list of what's available or offered.
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billhook
(Weaponry) A medieval polearm with a similar construct, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
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machete
A small Pacific tenpounder fish (Elops affinis) sometimes found in fresh waters
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adze
A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
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scythe
An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with the concave edge sharped, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
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angle
To continue along or turn at an angle or by angles:
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crook
To bend.
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curve
(Intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
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pin
(Computing, graphical user interface) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
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secure
To make certain; ensure:
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cheat
To elude; escape:
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defraud
To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle
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dupe
To dupe is to trick or deceive someone.
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fastener (related)
Something or someone that fastens
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tool (related)
The whole machine; machine tool
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arch (related)
To cover with an arch or arches.
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fasten (related)
To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
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deceive (related)
Deceive is defined as to make someone believe something that isn't true.
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aduncous
Curved inwards; hooked
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aquiline
Relating to or having the characteristics of an eagle.
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falciform
Sickle-shaped.
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unciform
Designating a hooked process on the unciform bone, or a similar process on the ethmoid bone
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agraffe
A hook and loop, used to fasten armor or clothing
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bill-hook
Alternative form of billhook.
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cant-hook
A heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs
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cleek
(Golf, dated) A metal headed golf club with little loft. Equivalent to a one or two iron a modern set of clubs.
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clives
A device for fastening or for checking motion
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cottrel
A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire.
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crochet
Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
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decoy
A person or object meant to lure something to danger.
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fluke
A pointed part of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground
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gaff
A large, strong hook on a pole, or a barbed spear, used in landing large fish
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grapnel
(Nautical) A grappling iron.
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hasp
A hinged metal fastening for a door, window, lid, etc.; esp., a metal piece that fits over a staple and is held in place by a pin or padlock
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peavey
Alternative spelling of peavy.
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pot-hook
A device for fastening or for checking motion
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snare
Something that lures or entangles the unwary:
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tenaculum
A long-handled, slender, hooked instrument for lifting and holding parts, such as blood vessels, during surgery.
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tenterhook
Any of the hooked nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter
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trammel
A kind of shackle for a horse, esp. one to teach ambling
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trap
A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
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(colloq.)steal
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anchor
To provide a basis for; establish or found:
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arc
To move or seem to move in a curved path:
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captivate
(Obs.) To take or hold captive
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capture
To record in the form of stored data
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crotchet
To make needlework by looping thread with a hooked needle; to crochet
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ensnare
To entangle; to enmesh.
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entrap
To catch something in a trap or snare.
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gore
To cut in a triangular form.
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hitch
(Slang) To marry:
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hold
To have and keep possession of something.
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net
To catch or ensnare in a net:
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pilfer
To steal or filch.
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steal
(Baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a base hit, walk, passed ball, or wild pitch.
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unhook (antonym)
To become unhooked
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let-go (antonym)
(Euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight
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release (antonym)
To relieve of care or suffering:
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unlatch (antonym)
To become unfastened or opened.
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unlock (antonym)
To obtain access to something.
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filch
To steal (usually something small or petty); pilfer
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purloin
To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
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snatch
To try to grasp or seize a thing suddenly; grab (at)
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thieve
(Intransitive): To commit theft.
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lift
To uplift; elate:
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swipe
To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.
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cop
To adopt
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heist
To hold up; rob.
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nip
To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor:
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pinch
(Slang) To take (money or property) wrongfully.
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rip-off
To rip off is to cheat or steal from someone.
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snitch
To inform on.
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make (or walk) off with
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move (related)
The act of moving; a movement.
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crimes (related)
To take (another's property) without permission
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give (related)
To offer in good faith; pledge:
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message (related)
A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another:
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hook-shot
(Basketball) A shot in which the offensive player, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.
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draw
The schedule of games in a sports league - NRL Fixtures - 2011 NRL Draw
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hooking
(Ice hockey) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.
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claw
A sharp, curved nail at the end of a toe of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
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bait
Food, etc. put on a hook or trap to lure fish or animals
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come on
The definition of come on means a sexual advance.
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lure
The definition of lure is something that attracts a person or animal, especially something used specifically for the purposes of attracting or baiting an animal.
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sweetener
A sweetening agent, esp. a synthetic substance such as saccharin
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solicit
To approach or accost (a person) with an offer of sex in exchange for payment.
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accost
To solicit for sexual purposes
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addict
Addict is defined as to cause someone to become dependent on a habit or substance.
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cabbage
(Intransitive) To form a head like that of the cabbage.
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abstract
(Intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
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snarf
(Slang, computing) To slurp (computing slang sense); to load in entirety; to copy as a whole.
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sneak
To sneak is defined as to move around or do something in a quiet or cowardly way.
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nobble
To win (a person) over.
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overcharge
To charge more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill
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soak
(Intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
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surcharge
To fill to excess or beyond normal capacity
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gazump
(UK, Australia) To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.
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fleece
To fleece is defined as to trick someone, or to shave the wool off of a animal.
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plume
An area in air, water, soil, or rock containing pollutants released from a single source. A plume often spreads in the environment due to the action of wind, currents, or gravity.
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pluck
To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick:
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rob
To deprive of something injuriously:
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knock off
(Idiomatic) To kill someone
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glom
To become attached to something; stick:
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undercharge (antonym)
To load (a firearm) with an insufficient charge.
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snap (related)
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screw (related)
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crimp (related)
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stick (related)
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bolt (related)
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hook-in (related)
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hooklength (related)
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hooks (related)
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hooklink (related)
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reel (related)
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crank (related)
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peg (related)
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rope (related)
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  • I caught fish with hook and line and pole.

  • The fishery is also carried on along the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk, where great quantities of the fish are caught with hook and line, and conveyed to market alive in "well-boats" specially built for this traffic. Such boats have been in use since the beginning of the '8th century.

  • The ship moves independently with its own enormous motion, the boat hook no longer reaches the moving vessel, and suddenly the administrator, instead of appearing a ruler and a source of power, becomes an insignificant, useless, feeble man.

  • After dinner you can hook me up.

  • This hook swings on the pivot B, and has an arm which extends backwards, practically at right angles with the working face of the hook, FIG.

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