hood

Meaning

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 colored fold of material, representing a university degree.
4. An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
5. (UK) Particular parts of conveyances
6. (Canada, US) Particular parts of conveyances
7. (broadly, especially) 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. (transitive) To cover (something) with a hood.
2. (transitive) To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.
3. (intransitive) 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.

Opposite of

unhood

Synonyms

bonnet

cowl

cap

cover

cowling

shield

🛡️

lid

hat

👒

bonnet

exhaust hood

cape

top

🔝

capsule

hoodlum

blanket

extractor fan

roof

wrapper

jacket

basket

🧺

lens hood

-ness

strong-armer

tough

toughie

protective covering

-ity

shielding

ruffian

thug

casing

guard

💂

goon

punk

gobo

gear case

dowser

capote

douser

diaphragm

crook

louse

canopy

bezel

bad guy

looter

key

🔑

lout

mantel

cage

Translations

Kapuze

capucha

capuchon

kap

Haube

capot

cappuccio

cofano

capuz

capó

capuchon

capote

Motorhaube

cappotta

caputxa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hʊd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hood

Inherited from Old English: hōd

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Houd

Cognate with Western Frisian: -

Cognate with Dutch: hoed

Cognate with German: Hut

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀

Cognate with Old Persian: 𐎧𐎢𐎭

In summary

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