Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..

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Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion..
Pravity :: Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature..
Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..
Dachshund :: Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired..
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Incurvate :: Incurvate (a.) Curved; bent; crooked.
Cam :: Cam (a.) Crooked.
Cammock :: Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock..
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..
Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
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..
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Crook :: Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.
Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
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.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Curve :: Curve (a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface..
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..
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