📖 H — The English dictionary · page 30

hook — Everyday, meaning 1: A hook is a curved or bent piece of metal or plastic used to hang things on or to catch and hold things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fishing hook is a small sharp curved piece of metal that catches fish.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To hook something means to catch it, fasten it or hang it with a hook or a bent finger or arm.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A hook in a story, song or advert is the part that catches your interest and makes you want more.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In boxing a hook is a punch with a bent arm.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Hooked can mean you really love something and cannot stop, like being hooked on a book.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (a name) Hook is the pirate captain in «Peter Pan», who has a hook in place of one hand.↗ Example: Hang your coat on your hook when you come in.↗ · Grandpa put a worm on the hook and cast the line.↗ · The phone was off the hook all day.↗ · She hooked her bag over the back of the chair.↗ · Start your story with a hook to grab the reader.↗ · I got hooked on the series after the first book.↗ · Captain Hook is the pirate in Peter Pan.↗ · He hooked the fish and slowly reeled it in.↗ · The teacher let us off the hook for the late homework.↗ · Hook trod the deck in thought.↗ · Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.↗ (Torah EXO.38.10, JPS 1917)↗ · All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.↗ (Torah EXO.27.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks being of gold, upon four sockets of silver.↗ (Torah EXO.26.32, JPS 1917)↗ · Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?↗ (Writings JOB.40.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?↗ (Writings JOB.40.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'↗ (Prophets JOL.4.10, JPS 1917)↗

hookah — Everyday, meaning 1: A tall pipe for smoking tobacco, in which the smoke passes through water in a jar before being breathed in through a long tube; also called a water pipe or shisha.↗ Example: The Caterpillar was quietly smoking a long hookah.↗ · «Who are you?» said the Caterpillar, taking the hookah out of its mouth.↗ · Hookah smoke is harmful to your lungs.↗ · In the old picture, the man sat with his hookah.↗ · Shisha is another name for hookah smoking.↗ · The Caterpillar's hookah stood on top of the mushroom.↗

hoop — Everyday, meaning 1: A large ring made of wood, metal or plastic.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The ring and net that you throw the ball through in basketball.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (hoops, informal) The game of basketball.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A hula hoop, a plastic ring you spin around your waist.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (jump through hoops) To do many hard or boring tasks to get something.↗ Example: She can spin the hula hoop for five minutes.↗ · He threw the ball through the hoop and scored.↗ · Let's go and shoot some hoops after school.↗ · We sorted the shapes into two hoops on the floor.↗ · The circus dog jumped through a hoop.↗ · Wear big hoop earrings for the party.↗ · We had to jump through hoops to get the tickets.↗ · One of the hoops will snap.↗

hoopoe — Everyday, meaning 1: A bird of Africa, Europe and Asia with pinkish-brown feathers, black-and-white striped wings, a long thin beak and a big crest like a fan on its head; its call sounds like oop-oop-oop.↗ Example: The hoopoe raised its crest like a fan.↗ · We saw a hoopoe in Spain on holiday.↗ · A hoopoe digs for insects with its long beak.↗ · The hoopoe's call sounds like oop-oop-oop.↗ · Hoopoes are rare visitors to Britain.↗ · In an old tale, a hoopoe leads the birds on a long journey.↗ · and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.↗ (Torah LEV.11.19, JPS 1917)↗

hooray — Everyday, meaning 1: Hooray is a word you shout when you are very happy or excited, or to cheer for someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, informal) A «Hooray Henry» is a loud, rich young man who shows off, said in a mocking way.↗ Example: Hooray, it's snowing!↗ · Hip hip hooray!↗ · Hooray for the winning team!↗ · We shouted hooray when the bell rang for the holidays.↗ · Hooray, I found my lost key!↗ · The crowd cheered hooray as the runners finished.↗ · Hooray, no homework tonight!↗ · (UK, informal) A bunch of Hooray Henrys were shouting outside.↗

hoot — Everyday, meaning 1: (of an owl) To make its long oo sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To sound a car horn (mainly UK, Australia).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To laugh loudly, or to shout in mockery.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal, noun) A hoot is something or someone very funny: the film was a hoot.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (informal) Not give a hoot means not care at all.↗ Example: An owl hooted in the dark woods.↗ · The driver hooted at the cyclist.↗ · We hooted with laughter at the clown.↗ · The school play was an absolute hoot.↗ · He doesn't give a hoot about football.↗ · The train hooted as it came into the station.↗ · They shouted and hooted with great glee.↗

hoover — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, informal) To clean a floor or carpet with a vacuum cleaner.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK) A vacuum cleaner, from the brand name Hoover.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) To eat or take in something very fast, as in «He hoovered up his dinner».↗ Example: Please hoover the living room before Nan comes.↗ · I hoovered under my bed and found my missing sock.↗ · The hoover is in the cupboard under the stairs.↗ · The dog hoovered up the crumbs.↗ · He hoovered up three slices of pizza.↗ · Dad was hoovering the stairs when the doorbell rang.↗ · Our new hoover is very loud.↗

hop — Everyday, meaning 1: To hop is to jump on one foot.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To hop is to move in small jumps, like a rabbit, a frog or a bird.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To hop on or off is to get on or off a bus, bike or train quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A hop is one small jump.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Hops are a plant used in making beer.↗ Example: The frog hops 3 metres each time.↗ · It hops 5 times.↗ · How far did it hop?↗ · A rabbit hops 2 steps forward.↗ · Can you hop on one leg for ten seconds?↗ · The kangaroo hopped across the field.↗ · We played hopscotch in the playground.↗ · Hop on the bus, we're late!↗ · On the number line, hop from 4 to 10 in jumps of 2.↗ · The sparrow hopped along the fence.↗ · Then he hopped out on the deck.↗ · The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word.↗ (Writings PSA.119.147, JPS 1917)↗ · They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.↗ (Writings JOB.6.20, JPS 1917)↗ · I have hoped for Thy salvation, O LORD, and have done Thy commandments.↗ (Writings PSA.119.166, JPS 1917)↗

hope — Everyday, meaning 1: To hope means to want something to happen and to think it could happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hope is the feeling that something good may happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A hope is something you wish for.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «I hope so» means I want it to be true; «I hope not» means I don't want it to be true.↗ Example: I hope it will be sunny tomorrow.↗ · I hope you feel better soon.↗ · We hope to visit Grandma in the summer.↗ · Don't give up hope; we'll find your cat.↗ · Will we win?↗ I hope so!↗ · She has high hopes for the competition.↗ · The lost hikers never lost hope.↗ · I hope I passed my test, but I'll check my answers.↗ · Hook was fighting now without hope.↗ · I therefore hope that the candid reader will consider the great difficulties I had to overcome in this still unbeaten way of the ancient Jewish spiritual region, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · However, that may be, I hope I have at least succeeded in removing some obstacles to a better understanding of the Sefer Yetzira and the Pythafrorean philosophy and their relation to each other.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · My hope, it is in Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.39.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hope of Israel, the LORD!↗ (Prophets JER.17.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And as for my hope, who shall see it?↗ (Writings JOB.17.15, JPS 1917)↗

hopeful — Everyday, meaning 1: Feeling that something good will probably happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Giving a reason to hope; promising, as in «a hopeful sign».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A person who hopes to win or succeed, as in «Olympic hopefuls».↗ Example: I am hopeful that it will stop raining before the match.↗ · The green shoots were a hopeful sign of spring.↗ · Hundreds of hopefuls came to the singing audition.↗ · He gave me a hopeful smile.↗ · The doctors are hopeful she will get better soon.↗ · We were hopeful but the shop had sold out.↗ · The team is hopeful about the final.↗ · The king was glad, and he and his people were more hopeful than they had ever been before.↗

hopefully — Everyday, meaning 1: It is hoped that; if things go well: hopefully it won't rain tomorrow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a hopeful way, wishing for something: the dog looked at me hopefully.↗ Example: Hopefully we'll win the match on Saturday.↗ · The dog looked hopefully at my sandwich.↗ · «Will it snow?»↗ «Hopefully!»↗ · Hopefully the bus won't be late.↗ · She asked hopefully if she could stay up late.↗ · Hopefully, my cold will be better by Monday.↗

hopeless — Everyday, meaning 1: Without any hope; when there is no chance that things will get better.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very bad at something: «I'm hopeless at drawing».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Impossible to deal with or solve: «a hopeless mess».↗ Example: The game looked hopeless when we were five goals down.↗ · I'm hopeless at maths, but I'm getting better.↗ · The lost sailors felt hopeless on the empty sea.↗ · My brother is hopeless at keeping secrets.↗ · The knot was a hopeless tangle.↗ · Never feel hopeless; ask someone for help.↗ · Dad is hopeless at remembering birthdays.↗ · Of course he felt quite hopeless.↗

hopelessly — Everyday, meaning 1: Without hope; in a way that shows you think things cannot get better.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Completely; very much (usually about something bad): «hopelessly lost», «hopelessly in love».↗ Example: Mole was hopelessly lost in the Wild Wood.↗ · The little army was hopelessly outnumbered.↗ · She stared hopelessly at the broken vase.↗ · I'm hopelessly bad at drawing horses.↗ · The prince fell hopelessly in love.↗ · The road was hopelessly blocked by snow.↗ · Graciosa felt that now indeed she was hopelessly lost, surely not even Percinet could find her in the heart of the earth.↗

hopelessness — Everyday, meaning 1: A feeling that nothing good will happen and that there is no point in trying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The state of being completely without hope or chance of success.↗ Example: A feeling of hopelessness came over the lost climbers.↗ · The story moves from hopelessness to joy.↗ · The charity helps families out of hopelessness.↗ · Talking to a friend helped her overcome her hopelessness.↗ · The hopelessness of the situation made them cry, but then help arrived.↗ · If you feel hopelessness for a long time, tell a grown-up you trust.↗

hopper — Everyday, meaning 1: A large container shaped like a funnel, which lets grain, coal, sand or food pour out at the bottom.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person, animal or insect that hops, such as a grasshopper.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) In compounds: someone who moves quickly from place to place, like a «bar-hopper» or «island-hopper».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (a name) Grace Hopper, a famous American computer scientist; Edward Hopper, a painter.↗ Example: The farmer filled the hopper with grain.↗ · Coal slid out of the hopper into the train.↗ · Grace Hopper was a computer pioneer.↗ · Kangaroos are amazing hoppers.↗ · The bird feeder has a hopper that refills the tray.↗ · My idea is in the hopper for next term.↗

hopscotch — Everyday, meaning 1: Hopscotch is a children's game in which you throw a small stone or marker into numbered squares drawn on the ground, then hop and jump through the squares to pick it up.↗ Example: We drew a hopscotch grid on the pavement with chalk.↗ · In hopscotch you hop on one foot in the single squares.↗ · I threw my stone onto square five.↗ · She lost her balance and stepped on a line, so it was my turn.↗ · Our playground has a hopscotch painted on it.↗ · We played hopscotch counting in twos.↗ · Some played at marbles, at hopscotch, at ball.↗

horde — Everyday, meaning 1: A horde is a very large crowd of people or animals, often noisy or out of control.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In history, a horde was a large group of nomadic warriors, such as the Mongol horde.↗ Example: Hordes of shoppers rushed in when the sale began.↗ · A horde of children ran onto the playground.↗ · The Mongol horde rode across the steppe.↗ · In the game, a horde of zombies attacked the castle.↗ · Hordes of tourists visit the beach every summer.↗ · A horde of ants carried away the crumbs.↗ · The cries and screams of the savage horde and of the birds sounded through the air, and I joined in it also; for I sang 'Ding-dong! ding-dong!'↗

horizon — Everyday, meaning 1: The horizon is the line far away where the land or sea seems to meet the sky.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Your horizons are the limits of what you know and have experienced; to broaden your horizons means to learn and see new things.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: On the horizon means likely to happen soon.↗ Example: The sun sank below the horizon.↗ · A ship appeared on the horizon.↗ · We could see mountains on the horizon.↗ · Ships seem to sink over the horizon because the Earth is curved.↗ · Draw a horizon line across your page first.↗ · Travelling broadens your horizons.↗ · There are big changes on the horizon.↗ · The sky was pink along the horizon.↗ · A silvery thread among the stars, it soon drifted low beneath the horizon.↗ · On page 16 we read as follows: "All his (Gods) creation, and every minutest part thereof, participates of two most essential forms : the line 1 the symbol of the altitude, and the circle 0 the symbol of the horizon.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗