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| 1. | a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like. |
| 2. | something resembling or suggesting such a covering, esp. in shape, as certain petals or sepals. |
| 3. | the hinged, movable part of an automobile body covering the engine. |
| 4. | British. the roof of a carriage. |
| 5. | a metal cover or canopy for a stove, ventilator, etc. |
| 6. | Falconry. a cover for the entire head of a hawk, used when the bird is not in pursuit of game. |
| 7. | an ornamental ruffle or fold on the back of the shoulders of an academic gown, jurist's robe, etc. |
| 8. | a crest or band of color on the head of certain birds and animals. |
| 9. | to furnish with a hood. |
| 10. | to cover with or as if with a hood. |
[hood, hood] | a hoodlum. |
[hood] | 1. | John Bell, 1831–79, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War. |
| 2. | Raymond Math⋅ew⋅son [math-yoo-suhn] , 1881–1934, U.S. architect. |
| 3. | Robin. Robin Hood. |
| 4. | Thomas, 1799–1845, English poet and humorist. |
| 5. | Mount, a volcanic peak in N Oregon, in the Cascade Range. 11,253 ft. (3430 m). |
| a native English suffix denoting state, condition, character, nature, etc., or a body of persons of a particular character or class, formerly used in the formation of nouns: childhood; likelihood; knighthood; priesthood. |
| hood 1 (hŏŏd) n.
To supply or cover with a hood. [Middle English hod, from Old English hōd.] |
| hood 2 (hŏŏd) n. Slang
[Short for hoodlum.] |
| hood 3 or 'hood (hŏŏd) n. Slang A neighborhood, usually in the inner city. [African American Vernacular English, short for neighborhood.] |
| Hood (hŏŏd) American Confederate army officer who conducted the defense of Atlanta against Union troops led by General William T. Sherman (1864) and was defeated at Nashville later that year. |
| Hood, Mount 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. |
| Hood, Thomas 1799-1845. British poet and editor who wrote comic and topical verse, including "The Dream of Eugene Aram" (1829) and "The Song of the Shirt" (1843). |
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Hierarchical Object Oriented Design: a method for Architectural Design primarily for software to be developed in Ada, leading to automated checking, documentation and source code generation.
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(Heb. tsaniph) a tiara round the head (Isa. 3:23; R.V., pl., "turbans"). Rendered "diadem," Job 29:14; high priest's "mitre," Zech. 3:5; "royal diadem," Isa. 62:3.
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