hood

B2 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /hʊd/ UK /hʊd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like who'd /ʊ/ vs /uː/

Freq #3520

Meanings

1

noun
A part of a coat or jacket that covers your head.

She pulled up her hood when it started to rain.
2

noun
The metal cover over the engine of a car.

He opened the hood to check the engine.
3

noun
A neighborhood, especially in informal speech.

He grew up in a tough hood on the east side.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · the metal cover over the... bonnet cowling

3 noun · a neighborhood, especially... neighborhood

Word family

Forms hoods

Derived forms biohoodblindhoodforehoodgreenhoodhood-shyhoodectomyhoodedhoodenhoodfulhoodiehoodlesshoodlike

Related forms cuculliformhoude

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Phrases (1)

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exhaust hood
a cover connected to a vent that removes smoke or fumes

Noun + noun

Etymology

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/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.

hood Middle English hōd Old English *hōd Proto-West Germanic *hōdaz Proto-Germanic *kadʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Clothing & Appearance Register & Style

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# hood

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /hʊd/
**IPA (UK):** /hʊd/
**Frequency rank:** 3520

## Meanings
1. A part of a coat or jacket that covers your head.
2. The metal cover over the engine of a car.
3. A neighborhood, especially in informal speech.

## Examples
- She pulled up her hood when it started to rain.
- He opened the hood to check the engine.
- He grew up in a tough hood on the east side.

## Derived Forms
- biohood
- blindhood
- forehood
- greenhood
- hood-shy
- hoodectomy
- hooded
- hooden
- hoodful
- hoodie
- hoodless
- hoodlike

## Related Forms
- cuculliform
- houde

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hood
- Root: hōd
- Root: *hōd
- Root: *hōdaz
- Root: *kadʰ-

## Etymology
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/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.

## AI Etymology
Hood comes 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/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. In current use, the main senses are “A part of a coat or jacket that covers your head” and “The metal cover over the engine of a car”.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance
- Register & Style

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