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    HOOKED

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Addicted to a drugplay

    Synonyms:

    dependant; dependent; drug-addicted; hooked; strung-out

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    addicted (compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Curved down like an eagle's beakplay

    Synonyms:

    aquiline; hooked

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)play

    Example:

    hooklike thorns

    Synonyms:

    hooked; hooklike

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    curved; curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Past simple / past participle of the verb hook

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