(n) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine, Syn. bonnet, cowling, cowl, Example:there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars; the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine

hood

(n) (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hood

n. [ OE. hood, hod, AS. hōd; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. √13. ] 1. State; condition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood? Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hood

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hooded p. pr. & vb. n. Hooding. ] 1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover; to hide; to blind. [ 1913 Webster ]

While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, “Amen.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hood

n. 1. [ shortened from hoodlum. ] Same as hoodlum. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

2. [ shortened from neighborhood. ] Same as neighborhood. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

Hoodcap

n. See Hooded seal, under Hooded. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hooded

a. 1. Covered with a hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow. --
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull. --
Hooded merganser. See Merganser. --
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap. --
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser. --
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc. --
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler (Sylvania mitrata). [ 1913 Webster ]

Hoodless

a. Having no hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hoodlum

n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called also hood. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take no ride. Yakety-Yak (Song) [ PJC ]

Hoodman

n. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hoodman-blind

n. An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.

Hood moulding

{ } (Arch.) A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

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兜帽

[兜帽, dōu mào] hood

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フード

[ふーど, fu-do] hood

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Haube { f }; Kapuze { f } | Hauben { pl }; Kapuzen { pl } | maskiert; mit Kapuze

hood | hoods | hooded

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