adj, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of hood form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Wearing a hood. not-comparable
2. 2
   Covered with a hood. not-comparable
3. 3
   Shaped like a hood. not-comparable
4. 4
   Having a crest or similar elastic skin or muscle or bone in the neck or behind-the-head area. not-comparable
5. 5
   Having a single, unbroken line of colour from the full head down to the spine and possibly towards the tail. not-comparable

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6. 6
   Fitted with a hood. not-comparable

   "A hooded anorak."

7. 7
   Having thick, drooping eyelids. not-comparable
8. 8
   Uncircumcised. not-comparable, slang, uncommon

Synonyms

All synonyms

appareledarmoredarrayedattiredbedeckedbreeched

Antonyms

All antonyms

hoodlessunhooded

Example

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"The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain."

Etymology

From hood + -ed.

Related phrases

Gould's hooded snakeSennett's hooded orioleblack-hooded antshrikegrey-hooded attilagrey-hooded buntinghooded cranehooded crowhooded grebehooded gullhooded justicehooded merganserhooded oriole

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