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cloud

/klaʊd/

noun

Meaning

  • A rock; boulder; a hill.

  • A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

  • Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.

  • Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.

  • Anything unsubstantial.

  • A dark spot on a lighter material or background.

  • A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.

    "He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats."

  • An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.

    "The comic-book character's thoughts appeared in a cloud above his head."

  • (with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.

  • A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.

  • Crystal methamphetamine.

  • A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.

verb

Meaning

  • To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.

    "The glass clouds when you breathe on it."

  • To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.

    "The sky is clouded."

  • To make obscure.

    "All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue."

  • To make less acute or perceptive.

    "The tears began to well up and cloud my vision."

  • To make gloomy or sullen.

  • To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).

  • To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.

    "to cloud yarn"

  • To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.