Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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crook | Yes | No | Yes | No |
bight | Yes | No | Yes | No |
crook (noun) | bight (noun) |
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a long staff with one end being hook shaped | the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) |
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline |
a circular segment of a curve | a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) |
a loop in a rope |
crook (verb) | bight (verb) |
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bend or cause to bend | fasten with a bight |