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hook

n. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"

hook

n. a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

hook

n. a catch for locking a door

hook

n. programming instructions used for inserting logical breakpoints for further expansion

hook, hook shot

n. a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

hook, claw

n. a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

hook, crotchet

n. a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

hook, spur

n. any sharply pointed projection

hook, bait, lure, come-on, sweetener

n. anything that serves as an enticement

hook, hand, paw, mitt, manus, mauler

n. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"

up

v. raise; "up the ante"

hook

v. hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

hook

v. to push backward with the foot in scrummage from the front line, a minor penalty is imposed for it

hook, addict

v. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

hook, fasten with a hook

v. fasten with a hook

hook, catch with a hook

v. catch with a hook; "hook a fish"

hook, hit with a hook

v. hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"

hook, crochet

v. make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"

hook, pluck, soak, plume, fleece, overcharge, surcharge, gazump, rob

v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

pinch, hook, lift, swipe, abstract, cabbage, sneak, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, make off with, filch

v. make off with belongings of others

along, with, in accompaniment

adv. together with somebody, as a companion or in association with: "His little sister came along to the movies"

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

up

adj. used up; "time is up"

up

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

up

adj. open; "the windows are up"

up

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

fastening, fastener, holdfast

n. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

clasp

n. a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together

buckle

n. fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

button

n. a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

clip

n. any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

lock

n. a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

clamp

n. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

crampon, crampoon

n. a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects

twist, twirl, kink

n. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

payoff, bribe

n. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

catch, hitch

v. to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"

curve, curl, kink

v. form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

snow, bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false

v. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

trap, trammel, snare, entrap, ensnare

v. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

take

v. take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"

sponge, grub, bum, cadge, mooch

v. ask for and get free; be a parasite

borrow, get temporarily

v. get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

leech, bleed, phlebotomize

v. draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

hook up

v. connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system"

take up, hook onto, fasten onto, seize onto, latch on to

v. adopt; "take up new ideas"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

unhook, take off a hook

v. take off a hook

undercharge

v. charge (someone) too little money

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

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