hood
hood [hood hoods hooded hooding] BrE [hʊd] NAmE [hʊd] noun 
1. a part of a coat, etc. that you can pull up to cover the back and top of your head
•a jacket with a detachable hood
2. a piece of cloth put over sb's face and head so that they cannot be recognized or so that they cannot see
3. a piece of coloured silk or fur worn over an academic ↑gown to show the kind of degree held by the person wearing it
4. (especially BrE)a folding cover over a car, etc
•We drove all the way with the hood down.
5. (NAmE) (BrE bon·net)the metal part over the front of a vehicle, usually covering the engine
6. a cover placed over a device or machine, for example, to protect it
•a lens hood
•an extractor hood (= one that removes cooking smells from a kitchen) 
7. (slang, especially NAmE) = ↑hoodlum (1)
8. (also 'hood) (slang, especially NAmE)a neighbourhood, especially a person's own ↑neighbourhood
See also: ↑bonnet
Word Origin:
senses 1 to 6 Old English hōd West Germanic Dutch hoed German Hut ‘hat’ ↑hatsense 7 1930s ↑hoodlumsense 8 1970s ↑neighbourhood
Example Bank:
•He was wearing a blue anorak with the hood up.
•She put up her hood when it started to rain.
•The sound of a bird hitting the hood of the car
•The victim was sitting tied to a chair with a black hood over her head.
•You can always put your hood up if it rains.
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