hood
1. an aggressive and violent young criminal (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough,
toughie, strong-armer
• Derivationally related forms:
strong-arm (for: strong-armer)
• Hypernyms:
criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
• Hyponyms:
bully
2. (slang) a neighborhood
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
• Hypernyms:
neighborhood, neighbourhood
3. a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
• Syn:
lens hood
• Hypernyms:
attachment
• Part Holonyms:
camera, photographic camera, television camera, tv camera
4. (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
• Topics:
falconry
• Hypernyms:
covering
5. the folding roof of a carriage
• Hypernyms:
roof
• Hyponyms:
calash, caleche, calash top
6. a headdress that protects the head and face
• Hypernyms:
headdress, headgear
• Hyponyms:
calash, caleche, camail, aventail, ventail, cowl
7. 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
• Syn:
bonnet, cowl, cowling
• Derivationally related forms:
cowl (for: cowling), cowl (for: cowl)
• Hypernyms:
protective covering, protective cover, protection
• Part Holonyms:
car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar,
airplane, aeroplane, plane
• Part Meronyms:
hood ornament
8. metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
• Syn:
exhaust hood
• Hypernyms:
covering
• Hyponyms:
range hood
9. a protective covering that is part of a plant
• Syn:
cap
• Hypernyms:
covering, natural covering, cover
• Part Holonyms:
plant, flora, plant life
10. (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
• Topics:
zoology, zoological science
• Hypernyms:
external body part
cover with a hood
- The bandits were hooded
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
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