hood
A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
Noun 4 meanings
A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
A distinctively colored fold of material, representing a university degree.
An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
Particular parts of conveyances
Verb 3 meanings
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.
Adjective 1 meaning
Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
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”).
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HOOD at a glance
HOOD has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + O 1 + D 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,961 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with hood
All rhymes- GOOD6
- FOOD8
- BLOOD8
- WOOD8
- UNDERSTOOD12
- STOOD6
- CHILDHOOD19
- NEIGHBORHOOD22
- MOOD7
- FLOOD9
- NEIGHBOURHOOD23
- LIKELIHOOD18
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