hood

Signification

Noun

1. A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
2. A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
3. A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
4. An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
5. Particular parts of conveyances
6. Particular parts of conveyances
7. Particular parts of conveyances
8. Particular parts of conveyances
9. Particular parts of conveyances
10. Various body parts
11. (colloquial) Various body parts
12. Various body parts
13. (colloquial) Various body parts

Verb

1. To cover (something) with a hood.
2. To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.
3. To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself.

Adj

Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hʊd/

Étymologie

From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz (cognate with Saterland Frisian Houd, West Frisian/Dutch hoed, German Low German Hood, German Hut). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (compare Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /⁠xaudā⁠/)), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). More at hat.