hooded

1. 1
   adjective

   Having a hood, said of clothes like coats and jackets.

   Wear your hooded jacket because it might rain.

   She bought a warm hooded sweatshirt for the camping trip.

2. 2
   adjective

   Wearing a hood on your head.

   Two hooded figures waited by the gate.

   The hooded runner kept her head down against the cold wind.

   Oppositebareheaded

3. 3
   adjective

   Having thick eyelids that hang low over the eyes.

   Her hooded eyes made her look sleepy even in the morning.

   The old man watched us closely with hooded eyes.

   Similarheavy-lidded

4. 4
   adjective

   Covered by a hood that has been put over it.

   The hooded falcon sat calmly on the man's arm.

   The hooded lamp lit only the desk below it.

5. 5
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of hood. Use it for something that happened before now.

   The falconer hooded the hawk to keep it calm in the car.

   Thick clouds hooded the top of the mountain all day.

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6. 6
   adjective

   Having a crest or a stretchy flap on the neck or behind the head, said of animals.

   The hooded snake spread its neck when the dog came near.

   We saw a hooded seal resting on the ice.

7. 7
   adjective

   Having the shape of a hood.

   The flower has a hooded top petal that bends over the middle.

   The wind made a hooded drift of snow over the gate.

8. 8
   adjective

   Of a pet rat, having color on the whole head and in one unbroken line down the back.

   My sister's hooded rat has a black head and a black stripe down its back.

   At the pet show, the hooded rats were judged on how clean their stripes were.

9. 9
   adjectiveslang

   Not circumcised.

   In the locker room he joked that he was the only hooded guy on the team.

   Most men in his country are hooded, because circumcision is rare there.

   Similaruncut, uncircumcised

   Oppositecut, circumcised

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