[syn: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crook \Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (kr??kt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr?ka, Dan.
kr?ge. See Crook, n.]
1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
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Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak.
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2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to
misapply; to twist. [Archaic]
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There is no one thing that crooks youth more than
such unlawfull games. --Ascham.
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What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he
crooketh them to his own ends. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crooked \Crook"ed\ (kr??k"?d), a.
1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning;
bent; twisted; deformed. "Crooked paths." --Locke.
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he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. --Shak.
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2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted
from the right.
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They are a perverse and crooked generation. --Deut.
xxxii. 5.
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3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
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Crooked whisky, whisky on which the payment of duty has
been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.] --Barlett.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crooked
adj 1: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or
aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" [ant:
straight]
2: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive [syn:
crooked, corrupt] [ant: square, straight]
3: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a
dress with a crooked hemline" [syn: asymmetrical,
crooked]
4: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little
oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched, round-
backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping,
crooked]