hooked : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hooked	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hooked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hooked adj curved down like an eagle's beak [syn: aquiline, hooked] addicted to a drug Synonym(s): dependent, dependant, drug- addicted, hooked, strung-out having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); "hooklike thorns"; Synonym(s): hooklike, hooked
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooking}.] 1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W. Collins. 2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] {To hook on}, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hooked \Hooked\, a. 1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird. 2. Provided with a hook or hooks. [bd]The hooked chariot.[b8] --Milton.