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Definition hake

Etymology 1

From Middle English *hake, from Old English hæca, haca (“hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”). Cognate with Dutch haak (“hook”), German Haken (“hook”), Danish hage (“hook”), Swedish hake (“hook”), Icelandic haki (“hook”), Hittite [Term?] (/kagas/, “tooth”), Middle Irish chaing (“weapons rack”), Lithuanian kéng? (“hook, latch”), Russian ??????? (kógot?, “claw”). Related to hook.

Noun

hake (plural hakes)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A hook; a pot-hook.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) A kind of weapon; a pike.
  3. (now chiefly dialectal) (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hake, probably a shortened form (due to Scandinavian influence) of English dialectal haked (“pike”). Compare Norwegian hakefisk (“trout, salmon”), Middle Low German haken (“kipper”). More at haked.

Noun

hake (plural hakes or hake)

  1. One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.

Etymology 3

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Noun

hake (plural hakes)

  1. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Etymology 4

Compare Dutch haken (“to hanker”).

Verb

hake (third-person singular simple present hakes, present participle haking, simple past and past participle haked)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) To loiter; to sneak.

Results 419 Words with the letters HAKE

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HACEKS 15
HACKED 16
HACKEE 15
HACKER 15
HACKIE 15
HACKLE 16
HAKEEM 15
HANKED 14
HANKER 13
HANKIE 13
HARKED 13
HARKEN 13
HAWKED 16
HAWKER 15
HAWKEY 17
HAWKIE 15
KASHER 12
KEBLAH 16
KEDDAH 14
KHAZEN 22
KHEDAH 15
KHEDAS 13
PAKEHA 15
SAMEKH 15
SHAKEN 13
SHAKER 12
SHAKES 12
TAKAHE 12
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HACEK 14
HAKES 11
KHEDA 12
SHAKE 11
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HAKE 10
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HAE 5
KAE 7
KEA 7
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KA 6

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