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Webster 1913 Edition


Hake

Hake

(hāk)
,
Noun.
[See
Hatch
a half door.]
A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Hake

,
Noun.
[Also
haak
.]
[Akin to Norweg.
hake
fisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E.
hake
hook, G.
hecht
pike. See
Hook
.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
Phycis
,
Merlucius
, and allies. The common European hake is
Merlucius vulgaris
; the American silver hake or whiting is
Merlucius bilinearis
. Two American species (
Phycis chuss
and
Phycis tenius
) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also
squirrel hake
, and
codling
.

Hake

(hāk)
,
Verb.
I.
To loiter; to sneak.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Hake

HAKE

,
Noun.
A kind of fish, the Gadus merlucius; called by some authors lucius marinus. It was formerly salted and dried.

Definition 2024


hake

hake

See also: häke

English

Noun

hake (plural hakes)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) A hook; a pot-hook.
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal) A kind of weapon; a pike.
  3. (Now chiefly dialectal) (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hake, probably a shortened form (due to Scandinavian influence) of English dialectal haked (pike). Compare Norwegian hakefisk (trout, salmon), Middle Low German haken (kipper). More at haked.

Alternative forms

Noun

hake (plural hakes or hake)

  1. One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.
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Etymology 3

Noun

hake (plural hakes)

  1. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
    • 1882, P. L. Sword & Son, Sword's Improved Patent Brick Machine, in the Adrian City Directories:
      The clay is taken direct from the bank and made into brick the right temper to place direct from the Machine in the hake on the yard. [...] take the brick direct from the Machine and put them in the hake to dry.
Translations

Etymology 4

Verb

hake (third-person singular simple present hakes, present participle haking, simple past and past participle haked)

  1. (Britain, dialect) To loiter; to sneak.
    • 1886, English Dialect Society, Publications: Volume 52
      She'd as well been at school as haking about.


Dutch

Verb

hake

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of haken

Finnish

Etymology

hakata + -e

Noun

hake

  1. woodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel

Declension

Inflection of hake (Kotus type 48/hame, kk-k gradation)
nominative hake hakkeet
genitive hakkeen hakkeiden
hakkeitten
partitive haketta hakkeita
illative hakkeeseen hakkeisiin
hakkeihin
singular plural
nominative hake hakkeet
accusative nom. hake hakkeet
gen. hakkeen
genitive hakkeen hakkeiden
hakkeitten
partitive haketta hakkeita
inessive hakkeessa hakkeissa
elative hakkeesta hakkeista
illative hakkeeseen hakkeisiin
hakkeihin
adessive hakkeella hakkeilla
ablative hakkeelta hakkeilta
allative hakkeelle hakkeille
essive hakkeena hakkeina
translative hakkeeksi hakkeiksi
instructive hakkein
abessive hakkeetta hakkeitta
comitative hakkeineen

German

Verb

hake

  1. First-person singular present of haken.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of haken.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of haken.
  4. Imperative singular of haken.

Japanese

Romanization

hake

  1. rōmaji reading of はけ

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haka

Noun

hake f, m (definite singular haka or haken, indefinite plural haker, definite plural hakene)

  1. a chin (bottom of the face)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse haki

Noun

hake m (definite singular haken, indefinite plural haker, definite plural hakene)

  1. hook
  2. barb
  3. calk
  4. catch, drawback
Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haka

Noun

hake f (definite singular haka, indefinite plural haker, definite plural hakene)

  1. chin (bottom of the face)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse haki

Noun

hake m (definite singular haken, indefinite plural hakar, definite plural hakane)

  1. hook
  2. barb
  3. calk
  4. catch, drawback
Derived terms

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish haki, from Old Norse haki, from Proto-Germanic *hakô.

Noun

hake c

  1. catch, latch; a stopping mechanism that prevents something from opening
  2. catch; an unforeseen or concealed problem

Declension

Inflection of hake 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hake haken hakar hakarna
Genitive hakes hakens hakars hakarnas