hood

Noun
  1. An aggressive and violent young criminal (synset 110203700)
    hypernym: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    hyponym: bully - a hired thug
    synonym: goon, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie
  2. A protective covering that is part of a plant (synset 109328264)
    hypernym: cover, covering, natural covering - a natural object that covers or envelops
    part meronym: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    synonym: cap
  3. (slang) a neighborhood (synset 108242255)
    domain usage: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    hypernym: neighborhood, neighbourhood - people living near one another
  4. A tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera (synset 103536988)
    hypernym: attachment - a supplementary part or accessory
    part meronym:
    • camera, photographic camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
    • camera, television camera, tv camera - television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam
    synonym: lens hood
  5. (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head (synset 103536871)
    domain category: falconry - the art of training falcons to hunt and return
    hypernym: covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
  6. Metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes (synset 103536726)
    hypernym: covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
    hyponym: range hood - exhaust hood over a kitchen range
    synonym: exhaust hood
  7. The folding roof of a carriage (synset 103536627)
    hypernym: roof - protective covering on top of a motor vehicle
    hyponym: calash, calash top, caleche - the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
  8. A headdress that protects the head and face (synset 103536461)
    hypernym: headdress, headgear - clothing for the head
    hyponym:
    • calash, caleche - a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century
    • aventail, camail, ventail - a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
    • cowl - a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
  9. Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine (synset 103536090)
    "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
    hypernym: protection, protective cover, protective covering - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
    part holonym: hood ornament - an ornament on the front of the hood of a car emblematic of the manufacturer
    part meronym:
    synonym: bonnet, cowl, cowling
  10. (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal (synset 101750741)
    domain category: zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals
    hypernym: external body part - any body part visible externally
Verb
  1. Cover with a hood (synset 201339774)
    "The bandits were hooded"
    hypernym: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered

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