crook

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
criminal, felon, outlaw, malefactor
• Derivationally related forms:
outlaw (for: outlaw), criminalize (for: criminal)
• Hypernyms:
principal
• Hyponyms:
accessory, accessary, arsonist, incendiary, firebug,
blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber,
suborner, conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator, desperado,
desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder,
highjacker, hijacker, hood, hoodlum, goon, punk,
thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer, jail bird, jailbird,
gaolbird, kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher, mafioso,
moll, gun moll, gangster's moll, murderer, liquidator, manslayer,
probationer, parolee, pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer,
drug trafficker, racketeer, raper, rapist, recidivist, repeater,
habitual criminal, scofflaw, smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser,
moon-curser, thief, stealer, traitor, treasonist, violator,
lawbreaker, law offender
• Instance Hyponyms:
Bonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid, James, Jesse James,
MacGregor, Robert MacGregor, Rob Roy
2. a circular segment of a curve (Freq. 1)
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
• Syn:
bend, twist, turn
• Derivationally related forms:
bend (for: bend)
• Hypernyms:
curve, curved shape
• Hyponyms:
bight
3. a long staff with one end being hook shaped
• Syn:
shepherd's crook
• Hypernyms:
staff

II - verb

bend or cause to bend
- He crooked his index finger
- the road curved sharply
• Syn:
curve
• Derivationally related forms:
curvature (for: curve)
• Hypernyms:
bend, flex
• Hyponyms:
recurve
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shepherd's crook, bend, twist, turn, criminal, felon, outlaw, malefactor, curve