A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment

• Gifts are like fish hooks.

  Tatoeba · rul · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Hang your coat on the hook.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook

Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook

The curved needle used in the art of crochet

The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns

A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and jrare

A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timelyrare

A snare; a traprare

An advantageous holdrare

The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bonesrare

To attach a hook to

• Tom got hooked on drugs.

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To become attached, as by a hook

To catch with a hook (hook a fish)

To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet