hooding
hooding Lexical Profile
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• noun
An academic ceremony in which a graduate, especially a recipient of a master's or doctoral degree, is formally invested with an academic hood.
"Her family traveled across the country to attend the doctoral hooding ceremony on Friday afternoon."
The act of covering something with a hood, such as placing a leather hood over the head of a falcon or hawk to keep it calm.
"Proper hooding is one of the first skills an apprentice falconer must master to keep the bird calm during transport."
A condition in which excess skin or soft tissue droops over the upper eyelid, sometimes partially obstructing vision.
"The ophthalmologist noted significant lateral hooding of the upper eyelids during the examination."
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