[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hook/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) / hook # hook noun (a hook, hooks); verb (hook, hooks, hooked, hooking) «hook» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A hook is a curved or bent piece of metal or plastic used to hang things on or to catch and hold things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#m1) 2. A fishing hook is a small sharp curved piece of metal that catches fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#m2) 3. To hook something means to catch it, fasten it or hang it with a hook or a bent finger or arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#m3) 4. A hook in a story, song or advert is the part that catches your interest and makes you want more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#m4) 5. In boxing a hook is a punch with a bent arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#m5) 6. Hooked can mean you really love something and cannot stop, like being hooked on a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#m6) 7. (a name) Hook is the pirate captain in «Peter Pan», who has a hook in place of one hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#m7) ### In the lessons Everyday: coat hooks at school, hooks in the kitchen, fishing, a picture hook. In writing lessons a «hook» is the opening sentence that grabs the reader. Safety: fishing hooks are sharp and have barbs, so they are hard to pull out of skin; adults should help. Phrases: «on the hook», «off the hook» (free from trouble, or a phone not hung up), «by hook or by crook» (any way at all), «hook up» (connect), «hooked on». ### Examples - Hang your coat on your hook when you come in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x1) - Grandpa put a worm on the hook and cast the line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x2) - The phone was off the hook all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x3) - She hooked her bag over the back of the chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x4) - Start your story with a hook to grab the reader. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x5) - I got hooked on the series after the first book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x6) - Captain Hook is the pirate in Peter Pan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x7) - He hooked the fish and slowly reeled it in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x8) - The teacher let us off the hook for the late homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x9) - Hook trod the deck in thought. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x10) ### Note Countable: «a hook, two hooks». «Off the hook» has two meanings (out of trouble; a phone receiver not on its stand). «Hooked on» something means you like it a lot, or in adult talk can mean addicted. The shape of the letter J is like a hook. A «hook and eye» is a tiny clothes fastener. ## In Jewish tradition Here hooks are metal fasteners on the pillars of the Tabernacle's court and screen, from which curtains hung. In the primary lessons: Everyday: coat hooks at school, hooks in the kitchen, fishing, a picture hook. In writing lessons a «hook» is the opening sentence that grabs the reader. Safety: fishing hooks are sharp and have barbs, so they are hard to pull out of skin; adults should help. Phrases: «on the hook», «off the hook» (free from trouble, or a phone not hung up), «by hook or by crook» (any way at all), «hook up» (connect), «hooked on». ### Examples - Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. (Torah EXO.38.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hook/#x1) - All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass. (Torah EXO.27.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hook/#x2) - And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks being of gold, upon four sockets of silver. (Torah EXO.26.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hook/#x3) - Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord? (Writings JOB.40.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hook/#x4) - Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook? (Writings JOB.40.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hook/#x5) - Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.' (Prophets JOL.4.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hook/#x6) ### Note Countable: «a hook, two hooks». «Off the hook» has two meanings (out of trouble; a phone receiver not on its stand). «Hooked on» something means you like it a lot, or in adult talk can mean addicted. The shape of the letter J is like a hook. A «hook and eye» is a tiny clothes fastener. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «hook» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hook» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hook.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «hook» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hook/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hook» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hook.html) on Mova free.