English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of hook

hook

/noun/ हुक; अंकुड़ा; अंकुश; कांटा; कुलाबा; हंसिया; मछली फंसाने की बंसी;
/verb/कंटिये से फंसाना; मोड़ना;

Synonym pothook; control; fork; bolt; reaping hook; deflect;

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English Dictionary:

1. Hook

[n.]

- A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
- That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
- See Eccentric, and V-hook.
- A snare; a trap.
- A field sown two years in succession.
- The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

2. Hook

[v. i.]

- To bend; to curve as a hook.

3. Hook

[v. t.]

- To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
- To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
- To steal.