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A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

Example: She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

A bending of the knee; a genuflection.

A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).

Example: the crook of a cane

A lock or curl of hair.

To bend, or form into a hook.

Example: He crooked his finger toward me.

To become bent or hooked.

To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.

Example: Not turning up for training was pretty crook.

Ill, sick.

Example: I′m feeling a bit crook.

Annoyed, angry; upset.

Example: be crook at/about; go crook at