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Meaning of 'crook' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crook [ n.]
- A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
- Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
- The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.
- A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
- A pothook.
- An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
- A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
- A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.
- To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
- To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
2 . Crook [ v. i.]
- To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Meaning of 'crook' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crook [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a circular segment of a curve
Example in sentence:
  • a bend in the road;
  • a crook in the path
2 . crook [ v]
Meaning (2):
- bend or cause to bend
Example in sentence:
  • He crooked his index finger;
  • the road curved sharply

Nearby Words:

cro-quette croak croaked croaker croaking croat croatian crocein croceous crocetin

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