Definition of HAKE

hake

Plural: hake, hakes

Noun

  • A marine food fish related to cod.
  • the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod
  • any of several marine food fishes related to cod
  • A hook; a pot-hook.
  • A kind of weapon; a pike.
  • (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.
  • One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.
  • A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Examples

  • HAKE is a simple but useful word for extending existing plays in Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

codling, squirrel hake

Scrabble Score: 11

hake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

hake: valid Words With Friends Word