hood Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
    strong-armer; tough; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; toughie.
  2. noun a protective covering that is part of a plant
    cap.
  3. noun (slang) a neighborhood
  4. noun a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
    lens hood.
  5. noun (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
  6. noun metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
    exhaust hood.
  7. noun the folding roof of a carriage
  8. noun a headdress that protects the head and face
  9. noun protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
    bonnet; cowling; cowl.
    • there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars
    • the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine
  10. noun (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
  11. verb cover with a hood
    • The bandits were hooded

WordNet

Hood noun
Etymology
OE. hood, hod, AS. hod; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hooded ; present participle & verbal noun Hooding
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913