Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.

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Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..
Corbe :: Corbe (a.) Crooked.
Crooking :: Crooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croo.
Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
Rille :: Rille (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon..
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Cam :: Cam (a.) Crooked.
Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Acrook :: Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.
Hawked :: Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Crooken :: Crooken (v. t.) To make crooked.
Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
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