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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hooked
    adj 1: curved down like an eagle's beak [syn: aquiline,
           hooked]
    2: addicted to a drug [syn: dependent, dependant, drug-
       addicted, hooked, strung-out]
    3: having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to
       grasp and hold); "hooklike thorns"; [syn: hooklike,
       hooked]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W.
                                                  Collins.
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   2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle
      in attacking enemies; to gore.
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   3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]
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   To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hooked \Hooked\, a.
   1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill
      of a bird.
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   2. Provided with a hook or hooks. "The hooked chariot."
      --Milton.
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Thesaurus Results for Hooked:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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