Definition of Hood

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Definition of Hood

Hood

State; condition.

A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment

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

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

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

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

A covering for a horse's head.

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

Anything resembling a hood in form or use

The top or head of a carriage.

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

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

The top of a pump.

A covering for a mortar.

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

A covering or porch for a companion hatch.

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

To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.

To cover; to hide; to blind.

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Hood Quotations

Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.
Gloria Steinem

The modern Little Red Riding Hood, reared on singing commercials, has no objection to being eaten by the wolf.
Marshall McLuhan

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.
Pete Rose

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.
Paul Newman

The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age.
Lascelles Abercrombie

I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.
Beyonce Knowles

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.
Kevin Costner

I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me.
Helen Dunmore

A man from a primitive culture who sees an automobile might guess that it was powered by the wind or by an antelope hidden under the car, but when he opens up the hood and sees the engine he immediately realizes that it was designed.
Michael Behe

They keep the song as street as it needs to be. It's got a good catchy hook where it can do what it needs to do on the radio, but they keep the song street where it will keep credibility in the hood.
Jermaine Dupri

Hood Translations

hood in Dutch is straatschuimer, apache
hood in French is capuchon, couverture, capot
hood in German is Haube, Kapuze
hood in Italian is cuffia, cappuccio, cofano, cappotta
hood in Norwegian is kalesje, hette
hood in Portuguese is capa
hood in Swedish is huva, huv, motorhuv

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