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Cloud

noun
/klaʊd/
Word Frequency: 13.9

Definitions

1.nounA rock; boulder; a hill.
2.nounA visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
3.nounAny mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
4.nounAnything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
5.nounAnything unsubstantial.
6.nounA dark spot on a lighter material or background.
7.nounA group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
"He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats."
8.nounAn 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."
9.noun(with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
10.nounA negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
11.nounCrystal methamphetamine.
12.nounA large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
13.verbTo become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
"The glass clouds when you breathe on it."
14.verbTo overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
"The sky is clouded."
15.verbTo make obscure.
"All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue."
16.verbTo make less acute or perceptive.
"The tears began to well up and cloud my vision."
17.verbTo make gloomy or sullen.
18.verbTo blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
19.verbTo mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
"to cloud yarn"
20.verbTo become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.

Synonyms

fogmistbefoghaze overbeclouddapplemottlesullydefiletaintcorruptovercast

Rhymes With

shroudproudenshroudendowedcowedcrowdavowedvowed
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