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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: hood

1
 nv
a headdress that protects the head and face
cover with a hood
2
 n
an aggressive and violent young criminal
3
 n
(slang) a neighborhood
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: hood
1

n 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

n a protective covering that is part of a plant

Synonyms:
cap
Type of:
cover, covering, natural covering
a natural object that covers or envelops

n 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)

n 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

n 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

n 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

n (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)

n (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

v cover with a hood

“The bandits were hooded”
Type of:
cover
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
2

n 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
3

n (slang) a neighborhood

Type of:
neighborhood, neighbourhood
people living near one another
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