Meaning of HOOD in English

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.

Use in sentences of HOOD

Meaning of HOOD in English

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.
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.