Index of English words, starting with "ho"

(1) - Hoof (v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot.
(2) - Hoof (v. i.) To walk as cattle.
(3) - Hoof (n.) See Ungula.
(4) - Hoof (n.) A hoofed animal; a beast.
(5) - Hoof (n.) The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.

(1) - Hoofed (a.) Furnished with hoofs.

(1) - Hook (v. i.) To bend; to curve as a hook.
(2) - Hook (v. t.) To steal.
(3) - Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
(4) - Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
(5) - Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
(6) - Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession.
(7) - Hook (n.) A snare; a trap.
(8) - Hook (n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
(9) - Hook (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
(10) - Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
(11) - Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

(1) - Hookah (n.) A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.