haken — meaning in English

English meaning

• crochet noun A craft in which yarn or thread is looped together using a single hooked needle to form fabric.
• hook noun A curved piece of metal or other material used to catch, hold, or hang something.

Senses

haken is used for these senses in English:

• crochet (ambitransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
• hook (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
• hook (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

crochet — full definition

1. noun A craft in which yarn or thread is looped together using a single hooked needle to form fabric.
2. verb To make fabric or an item by looping thread with a hooked needle.

hook — full definition

1. noun A curved piece of metal or other material used to catch, hold, or hang something.
2. noun A catchy opening line or musical phrase designed to grab attention.
3. verb To catch, fasten, or connect with or as if with a hook.

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