Hood Definition

ho͝od

hoods

noun

hoods

A covering for the head and neck and, sometimes, the face, worn separately or as part of a robe, cloak, or jacket.

A monk's cowl is a hood.

Webster's New World

An ornamental draping of cloth hung from the shoulders of an academic or ecclesiastical robe.

American Heritage

Anything resembling a hood in shape or use.

Webster's New World

A sack placed over the head of a falcon to keep it quiet.

American Heritage

A bird's crest.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
convertible top
chimney top
calash
auto top
carriage top
shade
bonnet
awning
canopy
crook
gangster
hoodlum
exhaust hood
strong-armer
thug

verb

To cover or provide with or as with a hood.

Webster's New World

suffix

Condition; state; quality.

Manhood.

American Heritage

An instance of a specified state or quality.

Falsehood.

American Heritage

A group sharing a specified state or quality.

Sisterhood.

American Heritage

A condition or state of being the thing or being in the role denoted by the word it is suffixed to, usually a noun.

Child - childhood.

Wiktionary

affix

State, quality, condition.

Childhood.

Webster's New World

The whole group of (a specified class, profession, etc.)

Priesthood.

Webster's New World

adjective

Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Hood

Noun

Singular:

hood

Plural:

hoods

Origin of Hood

Middle English, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoed, German Hut), from Sarmato-Scythian *xauda (“hat”) (compare Avestan [script?] (xaoda), Old Persian [script?] (xaudā)), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). More at hat.

From Wiktionary
From Old English -hād, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz, via Middle English -hode (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, Dutch -heid, Swedish -het, Norwegian -het/-heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Norwegian and Danish endings are borrowed from West Germanic.

From Wiktionary
ME -had, -hod < OE had, order, condition, quality, rank, akin to Ger -heit < IE *(s)kāit-, bright, gleaming: basic sense “appearance by which known”

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
Middle English -hed, -hode from Old English -hǣdu, -hād

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
African American Vernacular English short for neighborhood

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English hod from Old English hōd

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for hoodlum

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition