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Webster 1913 Edition
Hood
Hood
,Noun.
[OE.
hood
, hod
, AS. hōd
; akin to D. hoed
hat, G. hut
, OHG. huot
, also to E. hat
, and prob. to E. heed
. √13.] 1.
State; condition.
[Obs.]
How could thou ween, through that disguised
To hide thy state from being understood?
hood
To hide thy state from being understood?
Spenser.
2.
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.” Shak.
(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
. 3.
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
. Gray.
(g)
(Naut.)
A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
4.
(Shipbuilding)
The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
Hood
(hoŏd)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hooded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hooding
.] 1.
To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
The friar
hooded
, and the monarch crowned. Pope.
2.
To cover; to hide; to blind.
While grace is saying, I'll
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, “Amen.”
hood
mine eyesThus with my hat, and sigh and say, “Amen.”
Shakespeare
Hooding end
(Shipbuilding)
, the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hood
HOOD.
[L. fraternitas.]HOOD, n.
1.
A covering for the head used by females, and deeper than a bonnet.2.
A covering for the head and shoulders used by monks; a cowl.3.
A covering for a hawk's head or eyes; used in falconry.4.
Any thing to be drawn over the head to cover it.5.
An ornamental fold that hangs down the back of a graduate to mark his degree.6.
A low wooden porch over the ladder which leads to the steerage of a ship; the upper part of a galley-chimney; the cover of a pump.HOOD, v.t. To dress in a hood or cowl; to put on a hood.
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned.
1.
To cover; to blind. I'll hood my eyes.
2.
To cover. And hood the flames.
Definition 2024
Hood
hood
hood
English
Noun
hood (plural hoods)
- A covering such as worn over one’s head.
- A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
- An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
- (automotive) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
- (US, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle: known as a bonnet in other countries.
- A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
headwear
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university degree
protective cover
soft top
front of car
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covering of a vent to suck away smoke or fumes
See also
- cuculliform (hood-shaped)
Verb
hood (third-person singular simple present hoods, present participle hooding, simple past and past participle hooded)
- To cover something with a hood.
Translations
cover with a hood
Etymology 2
Clipping of hoodlum.
Noun
hood (plural hoods)
Translations
thug — see thug
Etymology 3
Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe.
Alternative forms
Adjective
hood (not comparable)
- Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
Translations
Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects
Noun
hood (plural hoods)
- (slang) neighborhood.
- What’s goin’ down in the hood?
Usage notes
Particularly used for poor US inner-city black neighborhoods. Also used more generally, as a casual neutral term for “neighborhood”, but marked by strong associations.
Synonyms
- (poor neighborhood, esp. black): ghetto
- (neighborhood): nabe, neighborhood
Translations
neighbourhood — see neighbourhood
Etymology 4
Clipping of hoodie, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.
Noun
hood (plural hoods)
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hâved.
Noun
hood n (plural hööd)
- (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) head
- at hood sködle
- to shake one's head
- at hood sködle