Definitions of Hood [ʊd, hud]

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Definition of 'Hood'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hood
a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, etc.

2.  hood
something resembling this, esp. in shape, as certain petals or sepals.

3.  hood
the hinged movable part of an automobile body covering the engine.

4.  hood
a metal canopy for a stove, ventilator, etc.

5.  hood
a cover for the entire head of a falcon, used when the bird is not pursuing game.

6.  hood
an ornamental ruffle or fold on the back of the shoulders of an academic gown, jurist's robe, etc.

7.  hood
a hoodlike crest, band of color or fold of skin on the head of certain birds and animals.

8. (v.t.) hood
to furnish with a hood.

9.  hood
to cover with or as if with a hood.

10. (Slang.) hood
a hoodlum.

11. (n.) Hood
John Bell, 1831–79, Confederate general.

12.  Hood
Raymond Mathewson, 1881–1934, U.S. architect.

13.  Hood
Robin,

14.  Hood
Thomas, 1799–1845, English poet and humorist.

15.  Hood
Mount, a volcanic peak in N Oregon, in the Cascade Range. 11,253 ft. (3430 m).

Definition of 'Hood'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer
an aggressive and violent young criminal

2. (noun) hood, cap
a protective covering that is part of a plant

3. (noun) hood
(slang) a neighborhood

4. (noun) hood, lens hood
a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera

5. (noun) hood
(falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head

6. (noun) hood, exhaust hood
metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes

7. (noun) hood
the folding roof of a carriage

8. (noun) hood
a headdress that protects the head and face

9. (noun) hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling
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"

10. (verb) hood
(zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal

11. (verb) hood
cover with a hood
"The bandits were hooded"

Definition of 'Hood'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) hood
a part of a coat that covers your head
Put your hood up.

2. hood
a cover that protects sth
the hood of the car

Definition of 'Hood'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Hood
state; condition

2. (noun) Hood
a covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment

3. (noun) Hood
a soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed

4. (noun) Hood
a part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl

5. (noun) Hood
a like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure

6. (noun) Hood
an ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood

7. (noun) Hood
a covering for a horse's head

8. (noun) Hood
a covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon

9. (noun) Hood
anything resembling a hood in form or use

10. (noun) Hood
the top or head of a carriage

11. (noun) Hood
a chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind

12. (noun) Hood
a projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue

13. (noun) Hood
the top of a pump

14. (noun) Hood
a covering for a mortar

15. (noun) Hood
the hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet

16. (noun) Hood
a covering or porch for a companion hatch

17. (noun) Hood
the endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern

18. (verb) Hood
to cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage

19. (verb) Hood
to cover; to hide; to blind

Definition of 'Hood'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. Hood
A tin hood placed over an arc-lamp. Such hoods are often truncated cones in shape, with the small end upwards. They reflect a certain amount of light besides protecting the lamp to some extent from rain.

Translation of 'Hood'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a usually loose covering for the whole head, often attached to a coat, cloak etc The monk pulled his hood over his head.
Afrikaans: kap	Arabic: قَلَنْسُوَه، غِطاء للرأس	Bulgarian: качулка
Brazilian: capuz	Czech: kapuce	German: die Kapuze
Danish: hætte	Greek: κουκούλα	Spanish: capucha
Estonian: kapuuts	Farsi: كلاه مخصوص كشيشان	Finnish: huppu
French: capuchon	Hebrew: בַּרדָס	Hindi: सिर गर्दन ढकने के लिये टो
Croatian: kukuljica, kapuljaca	Hungarian: csuklya	Indonesian: tudung
Icelandic: hetta	Italian: cappuccio	Japanese: ずきん
Korean: 두건	Lithuanian: kapišonas, gobtuvas	Latvian: kapuce
Malay: hud	Dutch: kap	Norwegian: hette, kutte
Polish: kaptur	Persian: كلاه مخصوص كشيشان	Pashto: یوډول خولی چی سر او مغزه
Portuguese: capuz	Romanian: glugă	Russian: капюшон
Slovak: kapucňa	Slovenian: kapuca	Serbian: kapuljača
Swedish: kapuschong, huva	Thai: หมวกคลุมศีรษะที่ติดอยู่กั	Turkish: başlık, kukuleta, kapşon
Taiwanese: 兜帽	Ukrainian: капюшон	Urdu: سر اور گلے کو ڈھکنے کا لب
Vietnamese: mũ trùm đầu	Chinese: 兜帽，头巾
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