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hood

hood
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hoo d]
    • /hʊd/
    • /hʊd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hoo d]
    • /hʊd/

Definitions of hood word

  • abbreviation Technical meaning of HOOD Hierarchical Object Oriented Design 3
  • noun hood Slang. neighborhood. 1
  • verb with object hood to furnish with a hood. 1
  • verb with object hood to cover with or as if with a hood. 1
  • noun hood A covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face, typically forming part of a coat or sweatshirt. 1
  • noun hood head covering on garment 1

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Origin of hood

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; 1925-30, Americanism for def 3; Middle English hode, Old English hōd; cognate with Old Frisian hōde, Dutch hoed, German Hut hat

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hood

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hood popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

hood usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hood

noun hood

  • kerchief — a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
  • mantle — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
  • veil — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
  • shawl — a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.
  • bonnet — The bonnet of a car is the metal cover over the engine at the front.

verb hood

  • overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
  • mantling — a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
  • layered — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
  • carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
  • carpeted — Simple past tense and past participle of carpet.

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