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hood⋅ed

[hood-id]
–adjective
1. having, or covered with, a hood: a hooded jacket.
2. hood-shaped.
3. Zoology. having on the head a hoodlike formation, crest, arrangement of colors, or the like.
4. Botany. cucullate.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME hodid. See hood 1 , -ed 3


hood⋅ed⋅ness, noun

hood

1[hood]
–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


hoodless, adjective
hoodlike, adjective
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hood 1   (hŏŏd)   
n.  
  1. A loose pliable covering for the head and neck, often attached to a robe or jacket.

  2. An ornamental draping of cloth hung from the shoulders of an academic or ecclesiastical robe.

  3. A sack placed over the head of a falcon to keep it quiet.

    1. A metal cover or cowl for a hearth or stove.

    2. A carriage top.

    3. The hinged metal lid over the engine of a motor vehicle.

  4. Zoology An expanded part, crest, or marking on or near the head of an animal.

tr.v.   hood·ed, hood·ing, hoods
To supply or cover with a hood.

[Middle English hod, from Old English hōd.]
hood·ed   (hŏŏd'ĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Covered with or having a hood.

  2. Shaped like a hood, cowl, or similar covering.

  3. Zoology

    1. Having coloration or a crest suggesting a hood.

    2. Having elastic skin at the neck that, when distended, resembles a hood, as that of the cobra.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
hood

  1. n.
    a hoodlum. : A couple of hoods hassled us on the street.
  2. n.
    the neighborhood; the ghetto; any neighborhood. : Back in the hood, Bob's considered an important guy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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