hake

American  

[heyk] / heɪk /

noun

hakes plural

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

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

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hake ¹ British  

/ heɪk /

noun

1. 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

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

3. another name for barracouta

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hake ² British  

/ heɪk /

noun

1. a wooden frame for drying cheese or fish

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• hakes
  plural
• hake
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hake

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

Example Sentences

Nearly 30,000 Chinook salmon were wasted as bycatch in the Canadian trawl fishery, which was targeting hake and walleye pollock, a new report from Canadian fisheries officials found.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Spice-battered hake, triple-cooked chips in a madras salt, spiced dahl mushy peas, served with a mango and tomato ketchup and coriander and lime vinegar and a rum and pickled egg cocktail.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

The crew swiftly unloaded their catch, using a crane to lift ice-packed crates of haddock and hake from the hold of the Aquila under bright spotlights.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

They have reduced the number of petrels caught in fishing lines in the hake fishery in South Africa, for example.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022

Wrapped in her bedroll that night, the chilly air seeping through the thin canvas walls of the tent, Kaede longed for the dry heat that used to hake the streets of Cathair in the summer.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo