kröka — meaning in English

English meaning

• bow noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
• curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
• hook noun A curved piece of metal or other material used to catch, hold, or hang something.

Senses

kröka is used for these senses in English:

• bow (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
• curve (transitive) To bend; to crook.

bow — full definition

1. noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
2. noun A rod strung with hair, used to play a stringed instrument.
3. noun A knot with two loops, often used for decoration or to tie laces.
4. verb To bend forward at the waist, or lower the head, as a sign of respect or greeting.
5. verb To give in or stop resisting.

curve — full definition

1. noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
2. verb To bend gradually rather than at a sharp angle.
3. noun A system of grading students relative to how the whole class performed, rather than against a fixed standard.

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