Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Hood   /hʊd/   Listen
Hood

noun
1.
An aggressive and violent young criminal.  Synonyms: goon, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie.
2.
A protective covering that is part of a plant.  Synonym: cap.
3.
(slang) a neighborhood.
4.
A tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera.  Synonym: lens hood.
5.
(falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head.
6.
Metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes.  Synonym: exhaust hood.
7.
The folding roof of a carriage.
8.
A headdress that protects the head and face.
9.
Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine.  Synonyms: bonnet, cowl, cowling.  "The mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
10.
(zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal.
verb
(past & past part. hooded; pres. part. hooding)
1.
Cover with a hood.



Related searches:
hood latch
hood ornament
exhaust hood
lens hood
Little Red Riding Hood
neighborhood
neighbourhood
opera hood
range hood
Robin Hood


WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Hood" Quotes from Famous Books



... thy hands and thy hood be With the blood of a brother betrayed, O Would-be-Professor of Would-be, We call thee to bless and to aid. Transmuted would travel with Er, see The Land of the Rolling of Logs, Charmed, chained to thy side, as ...
— Green Bays. Verses and Parodies • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... arrived early at the Opera House and was looking about while the fiddles were tuning up. I wore my pearls and a scarlet crepe-de-chine dress and a black cloth cape with a hood on it, which I put on over my head when I walked home in the rain. I was having a frank stare at the audience, when I observed just opposite me an officer in a white uniform. As the Saxon soldiers wore pale blue, I wondered what army he could ...
— Margot Asquith, An Autobiography: Volumes I & II • Margot Asquith
... non about hym but chose[n] me[n]. And for to clere Milo he sheweth the con- trary / that he had with hym syngyng lad- des and women seruantes that wayted on his wyfe / whiche maketh it of more likely- hood y^t Clodius went about to slee Milo: ...
— The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke • Leonard Cox
... failing in his direct attack on them, but probably thinking it necessary to show that he would attack whenever needed. Johnston has left a name as a master of defensive warfare, and doubtless delayed and hampered Sherman as much as he could. Jefferson Davis angrily and unwisely sent General Hood to supersede him. This less prudent officer gave battle several times, bringing up the Confederate loss before Atlanta fell to 34,000 against 30,000 on the other side, and being, by great skill on Sherman's part, compelled to evacuate ...
— Abraham Lincoln • Lord Charnwood
... his head slightly bent forward and the hood of his hunting-shirt thrown back, listening attentively. Then he touched Hunting Dog, and stooping low down whispered something in his ear, and then both stood again listening. Tom, too, threw back his hood, but he could hear ...
— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty


More quotes...


Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com