Definitions for the word "hood" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
State; condition.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A covering for a horse's head.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
Anything resembling a hood in form or use
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
The top or head of a carriage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
The top of a pump.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
A covering for a mortar.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. n.
A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. n.
The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. v. t.
To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. v. t.
To cover; to hide; to blind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
20. n.
1 a covering for the head and neck, esp. As part of a garment. B separate hoodlike garment. 2 folding top of a car etc. 3 us bonnet of a car etc. 4 protective cover. v. Cover with or as with a hood. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
21. n.
Us slang gangster, gunman. [abbreviation of *hoodlum]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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