Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves. |
Cant hook () A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end |
Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything |
Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. |
Hook (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain |
Hook (n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook. |
Hook (n.) A snare |
Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession. |
Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle |
Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks |
Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies |
Hook (v. t.) To steal. |
Hook (v. i.) To bend |
Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill. |
Hook-nosed (a.) Having a hooked or aquiline nose. |
Kranging hook () A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. |
Pile (n.) A hair |
Pile (n.) A covering of hair or fur. |
Pile (n.) The head of an arrow or spear. |
Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc. |
Pile (n.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost. |
Pile (v. t.) To drive piles into |
Pile (n.) A mass of things heaped together |
Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers |
Pile (n.) A funeral pile |
Pile (n.) A large building, or mass of buildings. |
Pile (n.) Same as Fagot, n., 2. |
Pile (n.) A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity |
Pile (n.) The reverse of a coin. See Reverse. |
Pile (v. t.) To lay or throw into a pile or heap |
Pile (v. t.) To cover with heaps |
Pile-worn (a.) Having the pile worn off |
Three-pile (n.) An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. |
V hook () A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V. |
hook shot hook | a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket |
hook | a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent |
hook draw hooking | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer, he took lessons to cure his hooking |
arrester arrester hook | a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
bench hook | any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing) |
boat hook | pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats |
cant hook | a peavey having a hook instead of a spike, used for handling logs |
crochet needle crochet hook | a needle with a hook on the end, used in crocheting |
cup hook | hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups |
grapnel grapple grappler grappling hook grappling iron | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding, often thrown with a rope |
hook | a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something |
hook claw | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something |
hook | a catch for locking a door |
hook and eye | a kind of fastener used on clothing |
hook wrench hook spanner | a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head |
lake dwelling pile dwelling | dwelling built on piles in or near a lake, specifically in prehistoric villages |
meat hook | a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung |
peavey peavy cant dog dog hook | a stout lever with a sharp spike, used for handling logs |
pile nap | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave, for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction |
pile spile piling stilt | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
pile driver | a machine that drives piling into the ground |
poker stove poker fire hook salamander | fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle, used to stir a fire |
pruner pruning hook lopper | a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper, used to prune small trees |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
sickle reaping hook reap hook | an edge tool for cutting grass or crops, has a curved blade and a short handle |
voltaic pile pile galvanic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series, the earliest electric battery devised by Volta |
down pile | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
bait come-on hook lure sweetener | anything that serves as an enticement |
pile heap mound agglomerate cumulation cumulus | a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
compost heap compost pile | a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost |
garbage heap junk heap rubbish heap scrapheap trash heap junk pile trash pile refuse heap | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
Hook of Holland Hoek van Holland | a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam |
pile bundle big bucks megabucks big money | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit), she made a bundle selling real estate, they sank megabucks into their new house |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |
hook crotchet | a sharp curve or crook, a shape resembling a hook |
accumulate cumulate conglomerate pile up gather amass | collect or gather, Journals are accumulating in my office, The work keeps piling up |
take up latch on fasten on hook on seize on | adopt, take up new ideas |
hook solicit accost | approach with an offer of sexual favors, he was solicited by a prostitute, The young man was caught soliciting in the park |
hook snare | entice and trap, The car salesman had snared three potential customers |
hook | secure with the foot, hook the ball |
addict hook | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
hook | fasten with a hook |
hook | catch with a hook, hook a fish |
hook up | connect or link, hook up the houses to the gas supply line, Hook up the components of the new sound system |
hook | hit with a hook, His opponent hooked him badly |
hook | hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left |
pile | place or lay as if in a pile, The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested |
stack pile heap | arrange in stacks, heap firewood around the fireplace, stack your books up on the shelves |
pile up heap up stack up | arrange into piles or stacks, She piled up her books in my living room |