Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

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Meander :: Meander (n.) A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries..
Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.
Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar..
Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
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.
Hump :: Hump (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back..
Bend :: Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road..
Gy-rose :: Gy-rose (a.) Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro..
Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
Pravity :: Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature..
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.
Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
Cowhage :: Cowhage (n.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculae are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge..
Cam :: Cam (a.) Crooked.
Game :: Game (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg..
Straightly :: Straightly (adv.) In a right line; not crookedly.
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
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