hood

/hʊd/

/hʊd/

Other forms: hooded; hoods; hooding

A hood is a protective covering. It could be a car hood protecting the engine or your car or it could be the hood on your coat protecting your noggin.

Your favorite sweatshirt might have a hood, as well as your fur-lined winter coat and your insulated hood for scuba diving. Other things with a similar protective quality are also called hoods, like the metal vent cover over your stove, the cover on your car's engine, and the cap-like plant sections that cover vulnerable parts. One of the most famous hoods in literature is the red one worn by the main character in "Little Red Riding Hood."

Definitions of hood

1. noun

   a headdress that protects the head and face
   types:

   calash, caleche

   a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century

   aventail, camail, ventail

   a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck

   cowl

   a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)

   type of:

   headdress, headgear

   clothing for the head
2. noun

   a protective covering that is part of a plant
   synonyms: cap

   type of:

   cover, covering, natural covering

   a natural object that covers or envelops
3. noun

   metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
   synonyms: exhaust hood

   types:

   range hood

   exhaust hood over a kitchen range

   type of:

   covering

   an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
4. noun

   protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
   “there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars”

   synonyms: bonnet, cowl, cowling

   type of:

   protection, protective cover, protective covering

   a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
5. noun

   the folding roof of a carriage
   types:

   calash, calash top, caleche

   the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage

   type of:

   roof

   protective covering on top of a motor vehicle
6. noun

   a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
   synonyms: lens hood

   type of:

   attachment

   a supplementary part or accessory
7. noun

   (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
   type of:

   covering

   an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
8. noun

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

   external body part

   any body part visible externally
9. verb

   cover with a hood
   “The bandits were hooded”

   type of:

   cover

   provide with a covering or cause to be covered
10. noun

    an aggressive and violent young criminal
    synonyms: goon, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie

    types:

    bully

    a hired thug

    type of:

    criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw

    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
11. noun

    (slang) a neighborhood
    type of:

    neighborhood, neighbourhood

    people living near one another