hake

[ heyk ]

/ heɪk /

noun, plural (especially collectively) hake, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) hakes.

any marine fish of the genus Merluccius, closely related to the cods, especially M. bilinearis, found off the New England coast.

any of several related marine fishes, especially of the genus Urophycis.

Nearby words

Origin of hake

1275–1325; Middle English; special use of Old English haca hook; compare Middle Low German haken kipper salmon

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Examples from the Web for hake

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In spring cod are most abundant, in late summer and fall hake, cod, and pollock are taken.
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Into Witham therefore from by north, and seuen miles beneath Lincolne, Hake.
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There the berserk Hake came against him with thirty men, and they fought.
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This is a good spring ground for cod and for cod, hake, and pollock in the fall.
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British Dictionary definitions for hake

hake

/ (heɪk) /

noun plural hake or hakes

any gadoid food fish of the genus Merluccius, such as M. merluccius (European hake), of the N hemisphere, having an elongated body with a large head and two dorsal fins

any North American fish of the genus Urophycis, similar and related to Merluccius species

Australian another name for barracouta

Word Origin for hake

C15: perhaps from Old Norse haki hook; compare Old English hacod pike; see hook

noun

a wooden frame for drying cheese or fish

Word Origin for hake

C18: variant of heck ²

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Word Origin and History for hake

hake

type of sea fish, c.1300, probably from Old English haca "a hook, door-fastening" (cf. hacod "pike" the fish), or Old Norse haki "hook," from the shape of its jaw, both from Proto-Germanic *hakan- (cf. Dutch hake "hook"), from PIE root *keg- "hook, tooth" (see hook).