Hook

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Hook

Hook : தூண்டில்

Hook : தூண்டில்

Hook definition

Noun.

  1. 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.
  2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
  4. See Eccentric, and V-hook.
  5. A snare; a trap.
  6. A field sown two years in succession.
  7. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

Transitive verb.

  1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, Especially. 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.
  2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
  3. To steal.

Intransitive verb. To bend; to curve as a hook.