crook
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexureA bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
Meaning
11 sensesA bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
She held the baby in the crook of her arm.
изги́бizgíb
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
the crook of a cane
A person who steals, lies, cheats, or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal; a scoundrel, scofflaw, lawbreaker, rogue, or miscreant.
Gauner, Ganove
ворvor, плутplut, моше́нникmošénnik
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
Krücke, Krückstock, Hirtenstab
по́сохpósox
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
A bishop's standard staff of office.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
A pothook.
A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
(obsolete)A lock or curl of hair.
(obsolete)A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
Examples
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Origin
From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (“hook, bend, crook”), from Proto-From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (“hook, bend, crook”), from Proto-West Germanic *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“bend, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, bend”).
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plural: crooksSynonyms
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11 related wordsSee also
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