Crook

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Crook

Crook : வளைவு

Crook : வளைவு

Crook definition

Noun.

  1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
  2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
  3. The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.
  4. A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
  5. A pothook.
  6. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
  7. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
  8. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.
  9. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
  10. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Intransitive verb. To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.