English to Maori Meaning of crook - puwhenua te

Crook :

puwhenua te

noun

piko, tahuri, hehema, puwhenua te, kaihanga ia, rūpahu, tinihanga, taata haavare, kamaka

verb

piko, whakatautau, puwhenua te, ānau, matau

Crook :: puwhenuaCrooked :: kopikopikoCrookes :: crookesCrooking :: crookingCrooks :: pupirikana

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Definitions of crook in English

Noun(1) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime(2) a circular segment of a curve(3) a long staff with one end being hook shaped
Verb(1) bend or cause to bend

Examples of crook in English

(1) There is also no doubt it makes you crook next day.(2) For the most part, this is true; nobody really needs a third party to inform them that their boss is a crook bastard.(3) Tristan grabbed the crook of my elbow and led me outside.(4) To draw blood for the test, a nurse or technician cleans the skin over a vein, usually in the crook of your elbow, inserts a needle, and collects blood into a syringe or vial.(5) The haft of the crook must be formed of unpeeled hazel for the shepherds will not have ash.(6) Her green jacket was loosely draped in the crook of her elbow, and her jeans were clean, as if they had been purchased recently.(7) It bears the images of a bishop's crook , a few trees and some clumps of grass inside a shield.(8) She brought the free arm up to join the other one under her head, and settled her forehead into the crook of her elbow.(9) The shepherd's crook is not for beating the sheep, but for catching hold of them if they go into danger where the shepherd's arm can't reach them.(10) A small-time crook threatens to blow up a New York landmark unless his demands for money are met.(11) Scars face me, across her wrist and in the crook of her elbow.(12) Her basket no longer swung jauntily from its place at the crook of her elbow, nor did she bounce gaily on the springy moss beneath her feet.(13) I tapped a vein in the crook of my elbow to demonstrate.(14) ├ö├ç├┐Well, this is my stop,├ö├ç├û she sighed, rubbing the crook of her elbow.(15) The crook of his elbow hurt from the blood transfusion.(16) We had a bad phone call at about 1.30 in the morning and after that have had a couple of crook letters.

Related Phrases of crook

(1) by hook or by crook ::

i te matau i te puwhenua te ranei

(2) crook of the arm ::

puwhenua te o te ringa

Related Phrases of crook

(1) by hook or by crook ::

i te matau i te puwhenua te ranei

(2) crook of the arm ::

puwhenua te o te ringa

Synonyms

Noun

1. criminal ::

taihara

2. bend ::

piko

3. outlaw ::

tangata pahua

4. shepherd's crook ::

puwhenua te o hepara

5. turn ::

tahuri

Verb

6. cock ::

tikaokao

7. curve ::

ānau

Antonyms

1. unbend ::

unbend

Different Forms

crook, crookes, crooking, crooks

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