Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Curved; Hooked: Describes an object, typically a blade or a beak, that has a distinct, often sharp, curve or hook at its end.

Usage Examples

• (The eagle has a hooked beak.)
• (The farmer uses a curved blade to clear grass.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "quắm" is primarily used in specific, descriptive contexts and is not common in everyday general conversation. It most frequently modifies nouns like "mỏ" (beak) or "dao" (knife, blade).

Variants and Related Words

• Dao quắm (n): A specific type of large knife or machete with a characteristically curved tip, used in farming or forestry.
  • Ông ấy chặt cành cây bằng một con dao quắm. (He cut the tree branch with a curved machete.)

Synonyms

• Cong: Curved, bent.
• Móc: Hooked (like a hook).

Notes on Meaning

• The core meaning is curved or hooked. The example from the Vietnamese-Vietnamese dictionary ("dao to có mũi cong" - a large knife with a curved point) confirms this primary meaning of having a curved tip.
• It is important to distinguish "quắm" from general words for curved. "Quắm" implies a functional, pronounced curve, often at the very end of an object, like the hook of a beak or the tip of a blade.

adj

1. curved; hooked
   • mỏ quắm
     a hooked beak