hook
part of speech
noun (a hook, hooks); verb (hook, hooks, hooked, hooking)
meaning for a pupil
1) A hook is a curved or bent piece of metal or plastic used to hang things on or to catch and hold things. tree →
2) A fishing hook is a small sharp curved piece of metal that catches fish. tree →
3) To hook something means to catch it, fasten it or hang it with a hook or a bent finger or arm. tree →
4) A hook in a story, song or advert is the part that catches your interest and makes you want more. tree →
5) In boxing a hook is a punch with a bent arm. tree →
6) Hooked can mean you really love something and cannot stop, like being hooked on a book. tree →
7) (a name) Hook is the pirate captain in «Peter Pan», who has a hook in place of one hand. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here hooks are metal fasteners on the pillars of the Tabernacle's court and screen, from which curtains hung. In the primary lessons: Everyday: coat hooks at school, hooks in the kitchen, fishing, a picture hook. In writing lessons a «hook» is the opening sentence that grabs the reader. Safety: fishing hooks are sharp and have barbs, so they are hard to pull out of skin; adults should help. Phrases: «on the hook», «off the hook» (free from trouble, or a phone not hung up), «by hook or by crook» (any way at all), «hook up» (connect), «hooked on».
examples
- 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) tree →
- 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) tree →
- 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) tree →
- Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord? (Writings JOB.40.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook? (Writings JOB.40.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.' (Prophets JOL.4.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hang your coat on your hook when you come in. tree →
- Grandpa put a worm on the hook and cast the line. tree →
- The phone was off the hook all day. tree →
- She hooked her bag over the back of the chair. tree →
- Start your story with a hook to grab the reader. tree →
- I got hooked on the series after the first book. tree →
- Captain Hook is the pirate in Peter Pan. tree →
- He hooked the fish and slowly reeled it in. tree →
- The teacher let us off the hook for the late homework. tree →
- Hook trod the deck in thought. tree →
note
Countable: «a hook, two hooks». «Off the hook» has two meanings (out of trouble; a phone receiver not on its stand). «Hooked on» something means you like it a lot, or in adult talk can mean addicted. The shape of the letter J is like a hook. A «hook and eye» is a tiny clothes fastener.
In the corpora
- All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
- Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
- Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'
- Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
- Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hook» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.