hook – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hook

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hook
Participle: hooked
Gerund: hooking

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of hook

Indicative

Present

Ihook
youhook
he;she;ithooks
wehook
youhook
theyhook

Perfect

Ihave hooked
youhave hooked
he;she;ithas hooked
wehave hooked
youhave hooked
theyhave hooked

Past

Ihooked
youhooked
he;she;ithooked
wehooked
youhooked
theyhooked

Pluperfect

Ihad hooked
youhad hooked
he;she;ithad hooked
wehad hooked
youhad hooked
theyhad hooked

Future

Iwill hook
youwill hook
he;she;itwill hook
wewill hook
youwill hook
theywill hook

Future Perfect

Iwill have hooked
youwill have hooked
he;she;itwill have hooked
wewill have hooked
youwill have hooked
theywill have hooked

Subjunctive

Present

Ihook
youhook
he;she;ithook
wehook
youhook
theyhook

Perfect

Ihave hooked
youhave hooked
he;she;ithave hooked
wehave hooked
youhave hooked
theyhave hooked

Imperfect

Ihooked
youhooked
he;she;ithooked
wehooked
youhooked
theyhooked

Pluperfect

Ihad hooked
youhad hooked
he;she;ithad hooked
wehad hooked
youhad hooked
theyhad hooked

Conditional

Present

Iwould hook
youwould hook
he;she;itwould hook
wewould hook
youwould hook
theywould hook

Perfect

Iwould have hooked
youwould have hooked
he;she;itwould have hooked
wewould have hooked
youwould have hooked
theywould have hooked

Imperative

youhook
weLet's hook
youhook

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam hooking
youare hooking
he;she;itis hooking
weare hooking
youare hooking
theyare hooking

Perfect

Ihave been hooking
youhave been hooking
he;she;ithas been hooking
wehave been hooking
youhave been hooking
theyhave been hooking

Past

Iwas hooking
youwere hooking
he;she;itwas hooking
wewere hooking
youwere hooking
theywere hooking

Pluperfect

Ihad been hooking
youhad been hooking
he;she;ithad been hooking
wehad been hooking
youhad been hooking
theyhad been hooking

Future

Iwill be hooking
youwill be hooking
he;she;itwill be hooking
wewill be hooking
youwill be hooking
theywill be hooking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been hooking
youwill have been hooking
he;she;itwill have been hooking
wewill have been hooking
youwill have been hooking
theywill have been hooking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be hooking
youwould be hooking
he;she;itwould be hooking
wewould be hooking
youwould be hooking
theywould be hooking

Perfect

Iwould have been hooking
youwould have been hooking
he;she;itwould have been hooking
wewould have been hooking
youwould have been hooking
theywould have been hooking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hook'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'hook'

book, cook, dook, fook, hock, hoik, holk, honk, hood, hoof,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

capture prey
capture, catch, snare, take
to combine more than one item into one
accouple, affix, associate, attach, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, put together, splice, unite, wed, yoke
to actively and intentionally gain possession or control
appropriate, bag, catch, expropriate, grab, grasp, grip, help oneself, impropriate, make free with, nab, nim, pocket, sack, seize, take
snag
catch, fasten, pin, capture, ensnare, secure, stab

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Scots huke, huik (“hook”), West Frisian and Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk, German Hook (“small cluster of farms”), Faroese høkja (“crutch”), Icelandic hækja (“crutch”), Norn hek (“crutch”), Finnish kuokka (“hoe, mattock”). Related to hake. See: Faroese 'høkja', Icelandic 'hækja'.

Verbs referencing "hook"

Tok Pisin huk.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] to have nothing particular to do, and were curious in foreigners, came (according to custom ) round the carriage in which I sat; let down all the windows; thrust in their heads and shoulders; hooked themselves on conveniently, by their elbows; and fell to comparing notes on the subject of my personal appearance, with as much indifference as if I were a stuffed figure. I never gained so much [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] from New York bay, and for a whole fortnight fluttered about the vessel 's stern. For some days we had a dead calm, or very light winds, during which the crew amused themselves with fishing, and hooked an unlucky dolphin, who expired, in all his rainbow colours, on the deck: an event of such importance in our barren calendar, that afterwards we dated from the dolphin, and made the day on which he [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)