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Look up: Crook

  1. Crook
    Crook is a town in Logan County Colorado, USA Crook is a township in Hamilton County Illinois, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Crook
    Crook is Australian slang for feeling ill.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. crook
    [n] - a long staff with one end being hook shaped 2. [v] - bend or cause to bend
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. crook
    a defect in logs,poles or piling,consisting of an abrupt curvature Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Crook
    Crook (krok) noun [ Middle English crok ; akin to Icelandic krokr hook, bend, SW. krok , Danish krog , OD. krooke ; or confer Gael. crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Confer Crosier , Crotchet , Crutch , Encroach .] 1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. « Through lanes, and crooks , ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/190

  6. Crook
    Crook transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Crooked (kr??kt); present participle & verbal noun Crooking .] [ Middle English croken ; confer Swedish kr...ka , Danish kr...ge . See Crook, noun ] 1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. « Crook the pr ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/190

  7. Crook
    Crook intransitive verb To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. ' The port . . . crooketh like a bow.' Phaer. « Their shoes and pattens are snouted, and piked more than a finger long, crooking upwards. Camden. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/191

  8. crook
    shepherd`s crook noun a long staff with one end being hook shaped
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. crook
    verb bend or cause to bend; `He crooked his index finger`; `the road curved sharply`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Crook
    `Crook` can refer to the following: * `Crooking` is a verb to refer to the action of creating a bend or curve; for example, crooking a finger. Hence a `crook` may be anything that is crooked. ** Specifically, a crook is a tool with a crook in it, such as a shepherd's staff or prelate's crosier; see also flail and crook. ** In music, a `crook` is a length of tubing used to change the pitch of a natural horn or other brass instrument; by removin...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crook

  11. Crook
    • (n.) A bishop`s staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff. • (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. • (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. • (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. • (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. crook
    in brass musical instruments, detachable piece of metal tubing inserted between the mouthpiece and the main tubing or in the middle of the tubing to ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/161

  13. crook
    a thief, criminal, swindler
    Found on http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_defini


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