Word Meanings - HOOK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

See PL (more info) hako, hago, haggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse, 1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining

Additional info about word: HOOK

See PL (more info) hako, hago, haggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse, 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. Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook. Pope.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HOOK)

• Seize
• Catch
• grasp
• clutch
• snatch
• apprehend
• arrest
• hold
• grip
• grapple
• hook
• take
• capture

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HOOK)

• Release
• dismiss
• liberate
• free
• discharge
• expedite
• Liberate
• release
• emancipate

Related words: (words related to HOOK)

• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• RELEASE
  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• SNATCH
  1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss. When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Pope. 2. To seize and transport away; to rap. "Snatch me to heaven." Thomson. Syn. -- To
• GRASP
  1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak. 2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with;
• CATCHWORK
  A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.
• APPREHEND
  of, seize; prae before + -hendere ; akin to Gr. 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. We have two hands to apprehended it. Jer. Taylor. 2. Hence: To take or seize by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. 3. To take hold of with
• CATCHER
  The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches.
• DISMISS
  1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.
• ARRESTIVE
  Tending to arrest. McCosh.
• CATCHWORD
  The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing. 3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as,
• CATCH TITLE
  A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
• CATCHPENNY
  Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n.
• ARRESTEE
  The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
• SNATCHINGLY
  By snatching; abruptly.
• CATCHDRAIN
  A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
• EXPEDITELY
  In expedite manner; expeditiously.
• ARREST
  To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime. Note: After his word Shakespeare uses of ("I arrest thee of high treason") or on; the modern usage is for. 3. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as,
• CATCHFLY
  A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.
• CATCHPOLL
  A bailiff's assistant.
• SCATCH
  A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey.
• BEAUCATCHER
  A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
• CONY-CATCH
  To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
• ENGRAPPLE
  To grapple.
• WORD-CATCHER
  One who cavils at words.
• RECAPTURE
  1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor. 2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
• TORPEDO CATCHER
  A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.
• INGRAPPLE
  To seize; to clutch; to grapple. Drayton.
• BIRDCATCHER
  One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.