What does "hake" mean?
A hook; a pot-hook.
Hake
/heɪk/ name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A hook; a pot-hook.
- Grammar: hake is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: colin, fish, hake fish, hake species.
- Usage evidence: Although cod is more ubiquitous in restaurants, hake is my favorite white fish because it's slightly more tender.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A hook; a pot-hook.
- 2 One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.
"Hake is an expensive fish—and is also very vulnerable to damage by mis-handling."
- 3 A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
"The clay is taken direct from the bank and made into brick the right temper to place direct from the Machine in the hake on the yard. … take the brick direct from the Machine and put them in the hake to dry."
- 4 any of several marine food fishes related to cod wordnet
- 5 A kind of weapon; a pike.
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- 6 the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod wordnet
- 7 (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Although cod is more ubiquitous in restaurants, hake is my favorite white fish because it's slightly more tender."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "hake"?
Common synonyms include: colin, fish, hake fish, hake species, hanger, hook.
How do you use "hake" in a sentence?
Although cod is more ubiquitous in restaurants, hake is my favorite white fish because it's slightly more tender.
How do you pronounce "hake"?
Pronounced /heɪk/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English *hake, from Old English hæca, haca (“hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”). Related to hook. Cognates 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 kéngė (“hook, latch”), Russian ко́готь (kógotʹ, “claw”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English hake, probably a shortened form (due to North Germanic influence) of English dialectal haked (“pike”). Compare Norwegian hakefisk (“trout, salmon”), Middle Low German haken (“kipper”). More at haked.
Etymology 3
* As a North Germanic surname, from Old Norse haki (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô. * As a north German surname, spelling variant of Haack. * As a Dutch and north German surname, from haag (“hedge”). * As a Jewish/Yiddish surname, spelling variant of Hacke, from האַק (hak, “axe”).