Hood

  • 41hood — noun 1 part of a coat, etc. that covers the head VERB + HOOD ▪ pull up, put up ▪ She put up her hood when it started to rain. ▪ lower, pull back, pull off, remove …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 42hood — hood1 hoodless, adj. hoodlike, adj. /hood/, n. 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… …

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  • 43hood — I. /hʊd / (say hood) noun 1. a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak or the like. 2. something resembling or suggesting this, as a hood shaped petal or sepal, etc. 3. a piece of hood shaped… …

  • 44hood — [[t]h ʊd[/t]] hoods 1) N COUNT A hood is a part of a coat which you can pull up to cover your head. It is in the shape of a triangular bag attached to the neck of the coat at the back. 2) N COUNT A hood is a bag made of cloth, which is put over… …

    English dictionary

  • 45hood — I [[t]hʊd[/t]] n. v. hood•ed, hood•ing. n. 1) clo a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, etc 2) bot something resembling this, esp. in shape, as certain petals or sepals 3) aum the hinged… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 46hood — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hōd; akin to Old High German huot head covering, huota guard Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a flexible covering for the head and neck (2) a protective covering for the head and face b. a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 47hood — [OE] Ultimately hood and hat are the same word, and both mean etymologically ‘headcovering’. They go back to an Indo European *kadh ‘cover, protect’, which in the case of hood produced a West Germanic derivative *khōdaz. From it are descended… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 48hood — [OE] Ultimately hood and hat are the same word, and both mean etymologically ‘headcovering’. They go back to an Indo European *kadh ‘cover, protect’, which in the case of hood produced a West Germanic derivative *khōdaz. From it are descended… …

    Word origins

  • 49Hood — (as used in expressions) Hood, monte Hood, Raymond M(athewson) Robin Hood …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 50hood — hÊŠd n. covering worn over the head and neck; something which resembles such a covering; metal covering that leads to a vent that eliminates smoke or fumes (such as a hood over a stove); covering that covers the eyes and head of a hawk; movable… …

    English contemporary dictionary