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HOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
external body part (any body part visible externally)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
Example:
the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)
Meronyms (parts of "hood"):
hood ornament (an ornament on the front of the hood of a car emblematic of the manufacturer)
Holonyms ("hood" is a part of...):
aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A headdress that protects the head and face
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
headdress; headgear (clothing for the head)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hood"):
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))
Derivation:
hood (cover with a hood)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The folding roof of a carriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
roof (protective covering on top of a motor vehicle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hood"):
calash; calash top; caleche (the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
Synonyms:
exhaust hood; hood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hood"):
range hood (exhaust hood over a kitchen range)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
Domain category:
falconry (the art of training falcons to hunt and return)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
Synonyms:
hood; lens hood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
attachment (a supplementary part or accessory)
Holonyms ("hood" is a part of...):
camera; photographic camera (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))
camera; television camera; tv camera (television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam)
Sense 8
Meaning:
(slang) a neighborhood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
neighborhood; neighbourhood (people living near one another)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Sense 9
Meaning:
A protective covering that is part of a plant
Synonyms:
cap; hood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)
Holonyms ("hood" is a part of...):
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Sense 10
Meaning:
An aggressive and violent young criminal
Synonyms:
goon; hood; hoodlum; punk; strong-armer; thug; tough; toughie
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hood" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hood"):
bully (a hired thug)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cover with a hood
Example:
The bandits were hooded
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "hood" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
hood (a headdress that protects the head and face)
Context examples:
Laurie went off two stairs at a time, and Jo laid her wearied head down on Beth's little brown hood, which no one had thought of moving from the table where she left it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
What in the world are you going to do now, Jo? asked Meg one snowy afternoon, as her sister came tramping through the hall, in rubber boots, old sack, and hood, with a broom in one hand and a shovel in the other.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
She tried to rush forward, but her feet seemed to have no strength in them, and for a second, she could only stand motionless, staring with a terror-stricken face at the little blue hood above the black water.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Amy did not come, Meg went to her room to try on a new dress, Jo was absorbed in her story, and Hannah was sound asleep before the kitchen fire, when Beth quietly put on her hood, filled her basket with odds and ends for the poor children, and went out into the chilly air with a heavy head and a grieved look in her patient eyes.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
