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hooding meaning

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WHooding
  • For other uses of "hood," see Hood.
  • Hooding is the placing of a hood over the entire head of a prisoner.
  • In 1997, the United Nations Committee Against Torture had concluded that hooding constituted torture,
  • Hooding is a common prelude to execution.
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    Definition of hooding in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFhoodSGhoodsPT, PPhoodedSUF-ing
    1. present participle of hood.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
        • Not far away is the Hood River Valley, with its myriad fruit growers who supply glistening, fragile berries and stonefruits of every stripe and color.
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • With horrid chill each little heart unwarms — Thomas Hood.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Present participles

      Other Vocabulary

      Look-Alike Words
      1. en holding
      2. fr holding
      3. en Holding
      4. en gooding
      5. en hooking
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of hooding for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "hooding" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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