English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of hood

hood

/noun/ हुड; कनटोप; टोप; ढकना; शिरोवेष्टन; हूड;

Synonym headpiece; slipcover;

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English Dictionary:

1. Hood

[n.]

- State; condition.
- A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
- A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
- A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
- A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
- An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
- A covering for a horse's head.
- A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
- Anything resembling a hood in form or use
- The top or head of a carriage.
- A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
- A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
- The top of a pump.
- A covering for a mortar.
- The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
- A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
- The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

2. Hood

[v. t.]

- To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
- To cover; to hide; to blind.