hood

Plural: hoods

Noun

• an aggressive and violent young criminal
• a protective covering that is part of a plant
• (slang) a neighborhood
• a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
• (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
• metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
• the folding roof of a carriage
• a headdress that protects the head and face
• protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
  • "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"
• (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
• A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
• A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision.
• A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
• A head and neck covering placed on horses to protect against insects and sunlight, to slow coat growth and for warmth.
• A distinctively colored fold of material, representing a university degree.
• An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
• Particular parts of conveyances
• A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
• Particular parts of conveyances
• The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries.
• Particular parts of conveyances
• A cover over the engine, driving machinery or inner workings of something.
• Particular parts of conveyances
• A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
• Particular parts of conveyances
• One of the endmost planks (or, one of the ends of the planks) in a ship’s bottom at bow or stern, that fits into the rabbet. (These, when fit into the rabbet, resemble a hood (covering).)
• Various body parts
• An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja).
• Various body parts
• The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii.
• Various body parts
• In the human hand, over the extensor digitorum, an expansion of the extensor tendon over the metacarpophalangeal joint (the extensor hood syn. dorsal hood syn. lateral hood)
• Various body parts
• The prepuce; the foreskin or clitoral hood.
• Gangster, thug.
• A neighborhood.
• Any poor suburb or neighbourhood.
• Person wearing a hoodie.

Verb

Verb Forms: hooded, hooding, hoods

• To cover or furnish with a hood.
• cover with a hood
  • "The bandits were hooded"
• To cover (something) with a hood.
• To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.
• To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself.

Adj

• Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

Examples

• He liked to hood his best tiles, keeping his strategy a secret from his opponent.
• What’s goin’ down in the hood?

Synonyms

bonnet, cap, cowl, cowling, exhaust hood, goon, hoodlum, lens hood, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, blinder, frill, ghetto, nabe, neighborhood, shithole

Antonyms

unhood

Related Words

cuculliform

Anagrams of hood