Definition of crook

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Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

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Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees..
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Crookes Tube :: Crookes tube () A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it..
Crooked :: Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Croo.
Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.
Rille :: Rille (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon..
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
Curvicaudate :: Curvicaudate (a.) Having a curved or crooked tail.
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..
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
Bowleg :: Bowleg (n.) A crooked leg.
Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..
Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
Incurvate :: Incurvate (a.) Curved; bent; crooked.
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
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