hood

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 part which covers the engine of an automobile; folding roof of a convertible car, folding roof of a carriage; (Zoology) mark or crest on the head of an animal; neighborhood (African American Slang); hoodlum, hooligan (Slang)

v. put a hood over something, cover with a hood; hide, cover

Hood may refer to:PeopleHoodlum, a street toughAdmiral Hood, any of several officers (of that name) of the Royal NavyAlan HoodAlex HoodAlexander Hood, 1st Viscount BridportAlexander Hood (captain)Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St AudriesArthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of AvalonBaby Bonnie Hood, fictional characterBasil HoodBill HoodBruce HoodCherry HoodChristopher HoodDaniel HoodDarla HoodDave HoodDavid HoodDennis HoodGavin HoodGlenda Hood, the secretary of state for FloridaGwenyth HoodHarry HoodHorace HoodHugh HoodJames HoodJim HoodJimmy HoodJoey HoodJohn HoodJohn Hood (naval officer)John Bell Hood (1831–1879), a Confederate general during the American Civil WarKate HoodKit HoodLeroy Hood, an American biologist involved in sequencing the human genomeMorag HoodPeter HoodRaymond Hood, an early twentieth-century architectRed Hood, fictional character in DC Comics Red Riding Hood, fairy tale charactorRobin Hood, an English folk hero from medieval legendsRoderick HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount HoodSamuel Hood, 2nd Baron BridportSamuel Hood (admiral)Sean HoodStuart HoodThomas Hood, British poet and humoristTom HoodHood, a British bandHoods, an American bandThe Hood, a character in the Thunderbirds (television) seriesThe Hood, a Marvel Comics character
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-hood is an English suffix that means a "state or condition of" or a group sharing a certain characteristic. Examples include childhood and falsehood.It is cognate with the German language suffix , e.g. Kindheit.
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Noun
1. an aggressive and violent young criminal
(synonym) hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer
(hypernym) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
2. metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
(synonym) exhaust hood
(hypernym) covering
(hyponym) range hood
3. the folding roof of a carriage
(hypernym) roof
(hyponym) calash, caleche, calash top
4. a headdress that protects the head and face
(hypernym) headdress, headgear
(hyponym) calash, caleche
5. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
(synonym) bonnet, cowl, cowling
(hypernym) protective covering, protective cover, protection
(part-holonym) car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
(part-meronym) hood ornament
Verb
1. cover with a hood; "The bandits were hooded"
(hypernym) cover

n. Hood, Robin Hood, story of a British robber who steals from the rich and gives to the poor

(n.)
A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
  

(n.)
A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
  

(n.)
A covering for a horse's head.
  

(n.)
A covering for a mortar.
  

(n.)
A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
  

(n.)
A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
  

(n.)
A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
  

(n.)
A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
  

(n.)
A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
  

(n.)
A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
  

(n.)
An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
  

(n.)
Anything resembling a hood in form or use
  

(n.)
State; condition.
  

(n.)
The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
  

(n.)
The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
  

(n.)
The top of a pump.
  

(n.)
The top or head of a carriage.
  

(v. t.)
To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
  

(v. t.)
To cover; to hide; to blind.
  

A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.