always followed by an adverb or preposition, [+ object] : to bend (a part of your body, such as an arm) and place it around something. 1  He hooked his arm around my neck. 2  She hooked her fingers around the doorknob. 3  He hooked his thumb through a loop of his pants.
Split and merge into it. Answer by Tantkowiak. Confidence votes 58. Pour plating is a method of separating one species of bacteria from another by diluting one loopful of organism into three liquefied nutrient agar plates, with the hopes that one of the plates poured will provide an ideal sample for isolation.
A prize giving to the winner in a contest. Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases of obvious signification; as, plate basket or plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack. Home plate.