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[krook] 
| Main Entry: |
crook
[krook]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle |
| Synonyms: | bow, curve, flex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round, slither, snake, wind, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend over |
| Synonyms: | arch, bob, cower, crook, curtsy, curve, debase, dip, do obeisance, droop, duck, genuflect, hunch, incline, nod, round, stoop |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, loop |
| Synonyms: | buckle, coil, contort, convolute, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, form into ringlets, frizz, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, scallop, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bending in a shape or course |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, incurve, inflect, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | flex |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend |
| Synonyms: | angle, contract, crook, curve, lean, mold, ply, spring, stretch, tighten, tilt, yield |
| Antonyms: | be stiff, extend, straighten |
| Main Entry: | hook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, catch |
| Synonyms: | angle, bag, clasp, crook, curve, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fasten, fix, hasp, lasso, net, pin, secure, snare, trap |
| Antonyms: | let go, release, unhook, unlatch, unlock |
| Main Entry: | loop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circle, spiral |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, begird, bend, bow, braid, coil, compass, connect, crook, curl, curve, curve around, encircle, encompass, fold, gird, girdle, join, knot, ring, roll, surround, tie together, turn, twist, wind around |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make curved; remove angles |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, coil, convolute, crook, curl, curve, form, loop, mold, perfect, polish, recurve, refine, shape, sleek, slick, smooth, whorl |
| Main Entry: | warp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, distort |
| Synonyms: | bastardize, brutalize, color, contort, corrupt, crook, curve, debase, debauch, deform, deprave, deviate, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, swerve, torture, turn, twist, vitiate, wind |
| Notes: | the warp are parallel strands; strands threaded over and under are weft or woof |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
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