Hood | Mean of hood in English Dictionary

/ˈhʊd/

• Noun
• a soft covering for the head and neck often attached to a coat or cape
• a cloth covering worn over the entire head to hide a person's face
1. Witnesses reported that the bandits were wearing hoods.
• a cover that is used to protect or shield something (such as part of a machine or a camera lens)
1. The photographer used a lens hood to cut down on glare.

• the movable metal covering over the engine of an automobile
1. What kind of engine do you have under the hood?
2. a hood ornament
• a device attached above a cooking surface that is used for carrying off smoke and fumes
1. a range hood
• a neighborhood
• a poor neighborhood in a large city
1. his friends in the hood
2. programs to help kids living in the hood