Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A neighborhood, usually in the inner city.
- noun A hoodlum; a thug.
- noun A rowdy or violent young person.
- noun A loose pliable covering for the head and neck, often attached to a robe or jacket.
- noun An ornamental draping of cloth hung from the shoulders of an academic or ecclesiastical robe.
- noun A sack placed over the head of a falcon to keep it quiet.
- noun A metal cover or cowl for a hearth or stove.
- noun A carriage top.
- noun The hinged metal lid over the engine of a motor vehicle.
- noun Zoology A colored marking or an expanded part, such as a crest, on or near the head of an animal.
- transitive verb To supply or cover with a hood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A covering for the head, of soft or flexible material, as cloth, leather, or chain-mail (in a suit of armor), usually extending over the back of the neck and sometimes the shoulders, and often attached to a garment worn about the body: as, the hood of a monk; the hood of an academic gown. See also cut under
camail . - noun In falconry, a covering for the entire head of a hawk.
- noun A cover of a carriage for the protection of its occupants, made so that it can be folded or turned back, or removed.
- noun Something that resembles a hood in form, position, or use, as the upper petal or sepal of certain flowers, a chimney-cowl, etc.; specifically, in zoology, a conformation of parts or an arrangement of color on or about the head, like or likened to a hood. See phrases under hooded.
- noun The hooded seal, Cystophora cristata.
- noun In ship-building, the foremost and aftermost planks of a ship's bottom, both inside and outside.
- To cover the head of with a hood; furnish with a hood: as, to
hood a falcon; to hood a chimney. - Hence To cover; hide; blind.
- noun The rise in the quarter-deck which gives more head-room to the cabin.
- noun A covering over a hatchway to protect the openingfrom the weather.
- noun A projecting shelter-like canopy over an outer door, usually carried by corbels or brackets. See
hoodmold . - noun A similar projecting member over a hearth, intended to direct the smoke inward toward the flue.
- noun In modern ventilation, a projection above a range or furnace, intended to carry off the smell of cooking or noxious gases.
- noun In chemical laboratories, a fixed appliance consisting of an inclosed and covered space within which offensive gases or vapors may be evolved and carried off by a connected flue without escaping into the room. It is usually provided with a sliding or hinged door in front for the introduction and removal of apparatus.
- noun A curved cover for a machine or for any part of one.
- noun The cover for a blacksmith's forge.
- noun In electricity, a protecting cover, also sometimes serving as a reflector, placed over an are-lamp.
- A suffix denoting ‘state, quality, character,’ as in childhood, boyhood, manhood, maidenhood, fatherhood, brotherhood, sisterhood, knighthood, priesthood, Godhood, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete State; condition.
- noun A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment.
- noun A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
- noun A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
- noun A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
- noun An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment.
- noun A covering for a horse's head.
- noun (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See
Illust. ofFalcon . - noun Anything resembling a hood in form or use.
- noun The top or head of a carriage.
- noun A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
- noun A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
- noun The top of a pump.
- noun (Ord.) A covering for a mortar.
- noun (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also
helmet . - noun (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
- noun (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
- noun colloq. Same as
hoodlum . - noun slang Same as
neighborhood . - transitive verb To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The results of this ongoing effort will be largely invisible, and mostly for my own benefit -- some of the internals were written in such haste that now, months or years later, what's going on under the hood is a little hazy, even to me.
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The results of this ongoing effort will be largely invisible, and mostly for my own benefit -- some of the internals were written in such haste that now, months or years later, what's going on under the hood is a little hazy, even to me.
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The results of this ongoing effort will be largely invisible, and mostly for my own benefit -- some of the internals were written in such haste that now, months or years later, what's going on under the hood is a little hazy, even to me.
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Now the hood is about half open and the engine is missing and the tires are old and cracked and need to be replaced.
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The results of this ongoing effort will be largely invisible, and mostly for my own benefit -- some of the internals were written in such haste that now, months or years later, what's going on under the hood is a little hazy, even to me.
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Under the hood is a conical burr grinder, the best mechanism for grinding coffee beans.
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The results of this ongoing effort will be largely invisible, and mostly for my own benefit -- some of the internals were written in such haste that now, months or years later, what's going on under the hood is a little hazy, even to me.
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The results of this ongoing effort will be largely invisible, and mostly for my own benefit -- some of the internals were written in such haste that now, months or years later, what's going on under the hood is a little hazy, even to me.
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I had to buy a new game version just to keep up with the new Windows (Curse you Bill Gates!) — so why with 10 times as much fire power under the hood is the new game less fun and less functional than the old one?
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Teenagers making out on the hood is a classic image of the link between sex and automobiles that has become a permanent part of the American consciousness, but it's also an image that's always led me to ask, "Wouldn't the windshield wipers be uncomfortable?"
vanishedone commented on the word hood
They must talk about criminals a lot in Princeton.
September 8, 2009
reesetee commented on the word hood
Hmm...and it seems like such a pleasant, safe town.
September 9, 2009
grandpa27 commented on the word hood
The "hood" meaning hoodlum is pronounced like the first syllable of hoodlum in Chicago where the designation "Hood" was early (20s) used. Rhymes with food.
July 21, 2013