Etymology : Middle English, from Old English hOd; akin to Old High German huot head covering, huota guard
Pronunciation : hud
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. covering worn over the head and neck; something which resembles such a covering; metal covering that leads to a vent that eliminates smoke or fumes (such as a hood over a stove); covering that covers the eyes and head of a hawk; movable part which covers the engine of an automobile; folding roof of a convertible car, folding roof of a carriage; (Zoology) mark or crest on the head of an animal; neighborhood (African American Slang); hoodlum, hooligan (Slang). put a hood over something, cover with a hood; hide, cover. teenage boy involved in crime, hoodlum Ron looks like a hood, but he's a good boy - and a good student.
2. the neighbourhood, usually a poor community.
3. hoodlum.
4. [+the] ghetto. hood\hood\ , n. [oe. hood, hod, as. hōd; akin to d. hoed hat, g. hut, ohg. huot, also to e. hat, and prob. to e. heed. ?13.].
5. state; condition. [obs.] how could thou ween, through that disguised hood to hide thy state from being understood?.
6. a covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially: (a) a soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed. (b) a part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl. "all hoods make not monks." (c) a like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure. (d) an ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood. (e) a covering for a horse's head. (f) (falconry) a covering for a hawk's head and eyes. see:
illust. of falcon.
7. anything resembling a hood in form or use; as: (a) the top or head of a carriage. (b) a chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind. (c) a projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue. (d) the top of a pump. (e) (ord.) a covering for a mortar. (f) (bot.) the hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet. (g) (naut.) a covering or porch for a companion hatch.
8. (shipbuilding) the endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.hood \hood\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. hooded ; p. pr. & vb. n. hooding.].
9. to cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage. the friar hooded, and the monarch crowned.
10. to cover; to hide; to blind. while grace is saying, i'll hood mine eyes thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "amen.".
11. A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.
12. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.
13. State; condition.
14. A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
15. A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
16. A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
17. An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
18. A covering for a horse's head.
19. A covering for a hawk's head and eyes.
20. See Illust. of Falcon.
21. Anything resembling a hood in form or use The top or head of a carriage.
22. A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
23. A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
24. The top of a pump.
25. A covering for a mortar.
26. The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; called also helmet.
27. A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
28. The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
29. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
30. To cover; to hide; to blind. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" a headdress that protects the head and face the folding roof of a carriage metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes an aggressive and violent young criminal cover with a hood; "The bandits were hooded".
31. 1. A hood is a part of a coat which you can pull up to cover your head. It is in the shape of a triangular bag attached to the neck of the coat at the back.
32. The hood of a car is the metal cover over the engine at the front.
33. A cooker hood is an electrical device fitted over a cooker above head height, and containing an extractor fan and usually a light. A volcanic peak, 3,426.7 m (11,235 ft) high, in the Cascade Range of northwest Oregon. It is the highest elevation in the state. British poet and editor who wrote comic and topical verse, including "The Dream of Eugene Aram" (1829) and "The Song of the Shirt" (1843). Hood Mount Hood Raymond Mathewson Robin Hood.