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# hood

noun (a hood, hoods); verb (hood — rare, mostly hooded)

«hood» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A hood is a part of a coat or jumper that you can pull up to cover your head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#m1)
2. A hood is a cover over something, like the cover over a cooker that takes away smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#m2)
3. In US English, the hood is the metal cover over a car's engine (the bonnet in UK English). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#m3)
4. Informal US: the hood means a neighbourhood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, children pull up their hoods when it rains; a hoodie is a jumper with a hood. In stories, a hooded figure is mysterious, and Little Red Riding Hood wears a red hood. In science, the cobra spreads a hood around its neck. In safety: hoods can block side vision, so look carefully when crossing the road. Phrases: put your hood up, pull up your hood, under the hood.

### Examples

- Put your hood up, it's starting to rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#x1)
- Little Red Riding Hood walked through the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#x2)
- The cobra spread its hood and hissed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#x3)
- Dad opened the hood of the car to check the oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#x4)
- Turn on the cooker hood so the kitchen does not fill with smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#x5)
- My coat has a hood with fur around the edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#x6)
- Take your hood down so you can see the traffic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#x7)
- ‘It’s me, Granny, your little Golden-hood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/#x8)

### Note

Countable: hoods. Adjective: hooded (a hooded jacket). «-hood» is also an ending meaning a state or time: childhood, neighbourhood, brotherhood. US «hood» of a car = UK «bonnet».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hood» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hood/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hood» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hood.html) on Mova free.