hood

CEFRC1

/hʊd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A covering for the head or a part of a coat.

  2. 02

    noun

    A neighborhood, especially one in a city.

Examples

  • It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.

  • The film is based on the legend of Robin Hood.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A distinctively colored fold of material, representing a university degree.

  2. A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.

  3. A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision.

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In context

  • We are familiar with the legend of Robin Hood.

  • What’s goin’ down in the hood?

  • Like many captains, I was just as glad to leave engineering to the engineers. Looking under the ship's hood wasn't what interested me.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian and Dutch hoed (“hat”), Cimbrian huat, huut (“hat”), German Hut (“hat”), German Low German Hood (“hat; hood”), Luxembourgish Hutt (“hat”); also Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /⁠xaudā⁠/)). More at hat.