hook-v; 9 Senses

Sense Number 1: attach or connect

Commentary: Includes: HOOK UP

Examples:
He hooked a chain to the field cultivator.
I had my thumbs hooked around the wheel.
She hooked a standard motor to a pump and ran it for six minutes.
They hooked him to a heart monitor and transported him to the hospital.
The houses still need to be hooked up to the power grid.
I don't think this computer is hooked into the network.

Mappings:
VerbNet: coil-9.6-1,tape-22.4
FrameNet: Attaching
PropBank: hook.01,hook.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
hook_up 1

Sense Number 2: catch or trap

Examples:
Don't get hooked into a bad choice.
He hooked a 100-pound tarpon but could not land it.
She hooked him with her seductive wiles.
She hooked the audience from note one.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: hook.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8, 10, 11

Sense Number 3: addict

Examples:
She's hooked on Net chat.
He got hooked on heroin during his first tour.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9

Sense Number 4: affilliate (oneself) to someone, often romantically or sexually

Commentary: Includes: HOOK UP WITH

Examples:
Since he hooked up with Angelina I dont have any respect for him.
She hooked up with a new band in Nashville.
The manager hooked him up with a prominent talent agency.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
hook_up_with 1

Sense Number 5: (cause to) travel in the shape of a hook

Commentary: Carl thought he had an easy putt, but he hooked the ball to the left. Heinlein hooked the ball out of bounds on the kickoff.

Examples:

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: hook.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 6: hit with a particular kind of punch

Examples:
As Hammer came tearing in, Leonard hooked him with a right to the body.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 7: sell sexual favors

Examples:
She started hooking when she was only 14.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 12

Sense Number 8: create objects by manipulating yarn with a hook

Examples:
She likes to hook more than dye and is always anxious to get started on the next project.
Rhonda Richardson designed and hooked the purse.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 9: take by theft, rip off

Examples:
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Mappings:
VerbNet: steal-10.5-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 5, 6