[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hook.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / hook [← H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/H/) # hook «hook» in Mova's school dictionary: **a curved or bent piece of metal or plastic used to hang…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a hook, hooks); verb (hook, hooks, hooked, hooking) ### meaning for a pupil 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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#m7) ### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x1) - Grandpa put a worm on the hook and cast the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x2) - The phone was off the hook all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x3) - She hooked her bag over the back of the chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x4) - Start your story with a hook to grab the reader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x5) - I got hooked on the series after the first book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x6) - Captain Hook is the pirate in Peter Pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x7) - He hooked the fish and slowly reeled it in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x8) - The teacher let us off the hook for the late homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/#x9) - Hook trod the deck in thought. [tree →](https://md.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 the corpora - [The hook is the catchiest bit of a song, often in the chorus; writing a good hook takes real skill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/14/) - [Birds of prey, also called raptors, hunt other animals with sharp eyes, hooked beaks and gripping feet with curved talons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/0/) - [Long curved claws hook over branches, so a sloth can hang upside down for hours, even asleep, without tiring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey/6/) - [A squirrel can run down a tree head first because its back ankles turn round so its claws hook into the bark facing up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/215-foxes-and-squirrels/10/) - [All have a hooked beak and feet with two toes forward and two back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea/1/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «hook» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hook/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.