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[hoo
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–noun
| 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. |
–verb (used with object)
| 9. | to furnish with a hood. |
| 10. | to cover with or as if with a hood. |
Origin:
bef. 900; 1925–30, Americanism for def. 3; ME hode, OE hōd; c. OFris hōde, D hoed, G Hut hat
bef. 900; 1925–30, Americanism for def. 3; ME hode, OE hōd; c. OFris hōde, D hoed, G Hut hat
Related forms:
hoodless, adjective
hoodlike, adjective
hood
2 [hood, hood] –noun Slang.
| a hoodlum. |
Origin:
1925–30; by shortening
1925–30; by shortening
Hood
[hood] –noun
| 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). |
-hood
| 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. |
Origin:
ME -hode, -hod, OE -hād (c. G -heit), special use of hād condition, state, order, quality, rank
ME -hode, -hod, OE -hād (c. G -heit), special use of hād condition, state, order, quality, rank
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| 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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Hood
Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[=o]d; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. [root]13.]1. State; condition. [Obs.] How could thou ween, through that disguised 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
Hood\, v. 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 hood mine eyes Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." --Shak. Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
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Language Translation for : hood
Spanish:
capucha,
German:
die Kapuze,
Japanese:
ずきん
hood (1)
"covering," O.E. hod, from P.Gmc. *khodaz (cf. O.Fris. hod, M.Du. hoet, Ger. Hut "hat," O.Fris. hode "guard, protection"), from PIE *kadh- "cover" (see hat). Modern spelling is early 1400s to indicate a "long" vowel, which is no longer pronounced as such. Little Red Riding Hood (1729) translates Charles Perrault's Petit Chaperon Rouge ("Contes du Temps" 1697).
hood (2)
"gangster," 1930, Amer.Eng., shortened form of hoodlum. As a shortened form of neighborhood it began 1980s in Los Angeles black slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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HOOD
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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Hood
(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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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| hood neighborhood |
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