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crook

/ crook /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
Type of:
staff
verb Sense 2
bend or cause to bend
"He crooked his index finger"
"the road curved sharply"
Type of:
bend flex
Kinds of:
recurve
Derived:
curvature bend turn
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 3
a circular segment of a curve
"a bend in the road"
"a crook in the path"
Type of:
curve curved shape
Kinds of:
bight
Derived:
curve bend flex
noun Sense 4
someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
Type of:
wrongdoer offender
Kinds of:
accessory accessary arsonist incendiary firebug
Derived:
outlaw criminalize criminalise illegalize illegalise
Semantic Complexity
52%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
25
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

staff bend flex recurve curve curved shape bight wrongdoer offender accessory accessary arsonist