What is the meaning of Hood?

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

1. A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision.
2. A head and neck covering placed on horses to protect against insects and sunlight, to slow coat growth and for warmth.

   A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision.

   A head and neck covering placed on horses to protect against insects and sunlight, to slow coat growth and for warmth.

   A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.

   An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.

   Particular parts of conveyances

   1. A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
   2. The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries.

      A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.

      The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries.

      A cover over the engine, driving machinery or inner workings of something.

      A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.

      One of the endmost planks (or, one of the ends of the planks) in a ship’s bottom at bow or stern, that fits into the rabbet.

      Various body parts

      1. An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja).
      2. The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii.

         An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja).

         The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii.

         In the human hand, over the extensor digitorum, an expansion of the extensor tendon over the metacarpophalangeal joint (the extensor hood syn. dorsal hood syn. lateral hood)

         The prepuce; the foreskin or clitoral hood.

         To cover (something) with a hood.

         To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.

         To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself.

         Gangster, thug.

         Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

         Neighborhood.

         Any poor suburb or neighbourhood.

         Person wearing a hoodie.

         second-person singular of hug

         hood (part of a garment):

         1. A hood as a symbol of rank (of the church and of guilds).
         2. A hood made of chain mail used as head armour.

         A hood as a symbol of rank (of the church and of guilds).

         A hood made of chain mail used as head armour.

         Any sort of protective cloaking or covering.

         head

         Source: wiktionary.org