hake
A hook; a pot-hookA hook; a pot-hook.
» Although cod is more ubiquitous in restaurants, hake is my favorite white fish because it's slightly more tender.
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5 sensesA hook; a pot-hook.
A kind of weapon; a pike.
(in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.
One of several species of saltwater gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.
Hechtdorsch, Seehecht
хекxek, мерлу́заmerlúza
any of several marine food fishes related to cod
A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
Examples
2 sentencesAlthough cod is more ubiquitous in restaurants, hake is my favorite white fish because it's slightly more tender.
The species eat squid, octopus, Pacific hake and other boney fishes, various cartilaginous fishes, and jawless fishes.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *hake, from Old English hæca, haca (“hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar”)From Middle English *hake, from Old English hæca, haca (“hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”). Related to hook.
From Middle English hake, probably a shortened form (due to North Germanic influence) of English dialectal haked (“pike”). Compare Norwegian hakefisk (“trout, salmon”), Middle Low German haken (“kipper”). More at haked.
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Forms
plural: hakes / hakeSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular