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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hoo d
Phonetic Transcription : hʊd

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Définition of hood

Origin :
  • "covering," Old English hod "hood," from Proto-Germanic *hodaz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian hod "hood," Middle Dutch hoet, Dutch hoed "hat," Old High German huot "helmet, hat," German Hut "hat," Old Frisian hode "guard, protection"), from PIE *kadh- "cover" (see hat).
  • Modern spelling is early 1400s to indicate a "long" vowel, which is no longer pronounced as such. Meaning "removable cover for an automobile engine" attested by 1905. Little Red Riding Hood (1729) translates Charles Perrault's Petit Chaperon Rouge ("Contes du Temps Passé" 1697).
  • noun covering worn over the head
  • noun a covering for vehicles and the like
Example sentences :
  • We got his hat, and we picked up the hood of the sky-light, but could not find the boy.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I had conducted so much and so violently since; but I was not too old to remember Biddy's hood.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He was carrying his gown and hood—I suppose it was that—on his arm.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • I can still see the tall old woman, with her brown cape and hood.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • My thin face was nearly covered by my hair, which was flattened down by my hood.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The hood of course, in their case, is only large enough to cover the head.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • "I'm very cold," she said, as she pulled her hood over her head.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • The hood resting on the edge of her chignon formed a kind of Phrygian cap.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • She had put it over her head for a hood, pretending to be a Moorish woman.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • The wind swept the hood of her cape about her head and he could smell the fragrance of her hair.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
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