hood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hood	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for hood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hood n an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer] a protective covering that is part of a plant Synonym(s): hood, cap (slang) a neighborhood a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera Synonym(s): hood, lens hood (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes Synonym(s): hood, exhaust hood the folding roof of a carriage a headdress that protects the head and face protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" Synonym(s): hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal v cover with a hood; "The bandits were hooded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-hood \-hood\ [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank, order, condition, AS. h[be]d; akin to OS. h[c7]d, OHG. heit, G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k[c7]tu brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. [root]217. Cf. {-head}.] A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hood \Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[d3]d; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. [root]13.] 1. State; condition. [Obs.] How could thou ween, through that disguised hood To hide thy state from being understood? --Spenser. 2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially: (a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed. (b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl. [bd]All hoods make not monks.[b8] --Shak. (c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure. (d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood. (e) A covering for a horse's head. (f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of {Falcon}. 3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as: (a) The top or head of a carriage. (b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind. (c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue. (d) The top of a pump. (e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar. (f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also {helmet}. --Gray. (g) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch. 4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hood \Hood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooding}.] 1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage. The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope. 2. To cover; to hide; to blind. While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, [bd]Amen.[b8] --Shak. {Hooding end} (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
HOOD Hierarchical Object Oriented Design: a method for Architectural Design primarily for software to be developed in Ada, leading to automated checking, documentation and source code generation.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hood (Heb. tsaniph) a tiara round the head (Isa. 3:23; R.V., pl., "turbans"). Rendered "diadem," Job 29:14; high priest's "mitre," Zech. 3:5; "royal diadem," Isa. 62:3.