'Crook' definitions:

Definition of 'crook'

(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor]
noun
A circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn]
noun
A long staff with one end being hook shaped [syn: crook, shepherd's crook]
verb
Bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" [syn: crook, curve]

Definition of 'Crook'

From: GCIDE
  • Crook \Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (kr??kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr?ka, Dan. kr?ge. See Crook, n.]
  • 1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. [1913 Webster]
  • Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
  • What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crook'

From: GCIDE
  • Crook \Crook\, v. i. To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. " The port . . . crooketh like a bow." --Phaer. [1913 Webster]
  • Their shoes and pattens are snouted, and piked more than a finger long, crooking upwards. --Camden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'crook'

From: GCIDE
  • crook \crook\ (kr[oo^]k), n. [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr[=o]kr hook, bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. Crosier, Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.]
  • 1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. [1913 Webster]
  • Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. --Phaer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially: (a) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. (b) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff. [1913 Webster]
  • He left his crook, he left his flocks. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A pothook. "As black as the crook." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. [1913 Webster]
  • For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. --Cranmer. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mus.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or foul. [1913 Webster]

Crook, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Crook, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000) :
128
Housing Units (2000) :
80
Land area (2000) :
0.129100 sq. miles (0.334367 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.129100 sq. miles (0.334367 sq. km)
FIPS code :
18640
Located within :
Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location :
40.858586 N, 102.801195 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
80726
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Crook -- U.S. County in Oregon

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Crook -- U.S. County in Oregon
Population (2000) :
19182
Housing Units (2000) :
8264
Land area (2000) :
2979.381699 sq. miles (7716.562847 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
8.032038 sq. miles (20.802882 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2987.413737 sq. miles (7737.365729 sq. km)
Located within :
Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location :
44.212739 N, 120.534152 W

Crook -- U.S. County in Wyoming

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Crook -- U.S. County in Wyoming
Population (2000) :
5887
Housing Units (2000) :
2935
Land area (2000) :
2858.590994 sq. miles (7403.716371 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
11.926740 sq. miles (30.890113 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2870.517734 sq. miles (7434.606484 sq. km)
Located within :
Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location :
44.561657 N, 104.638851 W

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