Hood
[hʊd]
Definition
(noun.) (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal.
(noun.) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; 'there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars'; 'the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine'.
(noun.) a headdress that protects the head and face.
(noun.) the folding roof of a carriage.
(noun.) metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes.
(noun.) (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head.
(noun.) a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera.
(noun.) (slang) a neighborhood.
(noun.) a protective covering that is part of a plant.
(noun.) an aggressive and violent young criminal.
(verb.) cover with a hood; 'The bandits were hooded'.
Editor: Seth--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) State; condition.
(n.) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
(n.) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
(n.) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
(n.) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
(n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
(n.) A covering for a horse's head.
(n.) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
(n.) Anything resembling a hood in form or use
(n.) The top or head of a carriage.
(n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
(n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
(n.) The top of a pump.
(n.) A covering for a mortar.
(n.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
(n.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
(n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
(v. t.) To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
(v. t.) To cover; to hide; to blind.
Typist: Rudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cowl.
Typed by Chauncey
Definition
n. a covering for the head: anything resembling such: a folding roof for a carriage: an ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown and worn over it.—v.t. to cover with a hood: to blind.—adj. Hood′ed.—n. Hood′ie-crow the hooded crow (Corvus cornix).—adj. Hood′less having no hood.—ns. Hood′man the person blindfolded in blindman's buff; Hood′man-blind (Shak.) blindman's buff.
Editor: Miles
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a young woman to dream that she is wearing a hood, is a sign she will attempt to allure some man from rectitude and bounden duty.
Edited by Donnie
Examples
- Your army will cheerfully suffer many privations to break up Hood's army and render it useless for future operations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He stopped the car and got down to put up the hood. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I am afraid Thomas, with such lines of road as he has to protect, could not prevent Hood from going north. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thomas was strongly fortified in his position, so that he would have been safe against the attack of Hood. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If there is any way of getting at Hood's army, I would prefer that, but I must trust to your own judgment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was a half-buried Crucifix, a little Christ under a little sloping hood, at the top of a pole. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On the 1st of November I suggested to Sherman, and also asked his views thereon, the propriety of destroying Hood before he started on his campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hood may turn into Tennessee and Kentucky, but I believe he will be forced to follow me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This hood is of thick blue cloth, attached to a cloak of the same stuff, and is a marvel of ugliness. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In execution of this plan, Hood, with this army, was soon reported to the south-west of Atlanta. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Funny angels in hoods and mittens, said Jo, and set them to laughing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Here and there in the doorways we saw women with fashionable Portuguese hoods on. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checked by Curtis