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Meaning of 'cloud' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cloud [ n.]
- A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
- A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor.
- A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.
- That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.
- A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection.
- A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.
2 . Cloud [ v. i.]
- To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
3 . Cloud [ v. t.]
- To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.
- To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
- To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
- To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.

Meaning of 'cloud' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cloud [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
Example in sentence:
  • a swarm of insects obscured the light;
  • clouds of blossoms;
  • it discharged a cloud of spores
Meaning (2):
- suspicion affecting your reputation
Example in sentence:
  • after that mistake he was under a cloud
Meaning (3):
- out of touch with reality
Example in sentence:
  • his head was in the clouds
Meaning (4):
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
Example in sentence:
  • the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French
5 . cloud [ v]
Meaning (5):
- make overcast or cloudy
Example in sentence:
  • Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
Meaning (6):
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Example in sentence:
  • sully someone's reputation
Meaning (7):
- make less visible or unclear
Example in sentence:
  • the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley;
  • The stars are obscured by the clouds
Meaning (8):
- make milky or dull
Example in sentence:
  • The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added
Meaning (9):
- billow up in the form of a cloud
Example in sentence:
  • The smoke clouded above the houses
Meaning (10):
- make less clear
Example in sentence:
  • the stroke clouded memories of her youth
Meaning (11):
- make gloomy or depressed
Example in sentence:
  • Their faces were clouded with sadness

Nearby Words:

cloaca cloacae cloacal cloak cloaked cloakedly cloaking cloakroom clock clocklike

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