Associations to the word «Hake»

Wiktionary

HAKE, noun. (Now chiefly dialectal) A hook; a pot-hook.
HAKE, noun. (Now chiefly dialectal) A kind of weapon; a pike.
HAKE, noun. (Now chiefly dialectal) (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.
HAKE, noun. One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.
HAKE, noun. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
HAKE, verb. (UK) (dialect) To loiter; to sneak.

Dictionary definition

HAKE, noun. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
HAKE, noun. Any of several marine food fishes related to cod.

Wise words

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