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Definition of 'Cloud'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cloud
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usu. at an elevation above the earth's surface.

2.  cloud
any similar mass, esp. of smoke or dust.

3.  cloud
a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or transparent.

4.  cloud
anything that causes gloom, trouble, suspicion, etc.

5.  cloud
a great number of insects, birds, etc., flying together.

6. (v.t.) cloud
to cover with or as if with a cloud or clouds.

7.  cloud
to make gloomy.

8.  cloud
to make obscure or indistinct; confuse:
to cloud the issue with extraneous details.

9.  cloud
to reveal distress, anxiety, etc., in (a part of one's face):
Worry clouded his brow.

10.  cloud
to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc.

11. (v.i.) cloud
to grow cloudy.

12.  cloud
to reveal one's distress, anxiety, etc.:
Her brow clouded with anger.

13.  cloud
to be lost in reverie; be daydreaming.

14.  cloud
to be impractical.

Definition of 'Cloud'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cloud
any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

2. (noun) cloud
a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

3. (noun) cloud
out of touch with reality
"his head was in the clouds"

4. (noun) cloud
a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
"the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"

5. (noun) cloud
suspicion affecting your reputation
"after that mistake he was under a cloud"

6. (verb) swarm, cloud
a group of many things in the air or on the ground
"a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"

7. (verb) overcast, cloud
make overcast or cloudy
"Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

8. (verb) obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist
make less visible or unclear
"The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

9. (verb) cloud
billow up in the form of a cloud
"The smoke clouded above the houses"

10. (verb) cloud
make gloomy or depressed
"Their faces were clouded with sadness"

11. (verb) defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"

12. (verb) cloud
make less clear
"the stroke clouded memories of her youth"

13. (verb) mottle, dapple, cloud
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

14. (verb) cloud
make milky or dull
"The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"

Definition of 'Cloud'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cloud
a white mass in the sky
rain clouds

2.  cloud
an amount of sth in the air
a cloud of dust

3. (verb) cloud
to become dark and covered with clouds
The sky had clouded over.

4.  cloud
to make sth complicated or confusing
to cloud the issue; He allowed love to cloud his judgment.

5.  cloud
to make or become opaque
His glasses clouded up in the steam.

Definition of 'Cloud'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Cloud
a collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere

2. (noun) Cloud
a mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor

3. (noun) Cloud
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

4. (noun) Cloud
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

5. (noun) Cloud
a great crowd or multitude; a vast collection

6. (noun) Cloud
a large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head

7. (verb) Cloud
to overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded

8. (verb) Cloud
to darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen

9. (verb) Cloud
to blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character

10. (verb) Cloud
to mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn

11. (verb) Cloud
to grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up

Translation of 'Cloud'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a mass of tiny drops of water floating in the sky white clouds in a blue sky; The hills were hidden in cloud.
Afrikaans: wolke	Arabic: غَيْمَه	Bulgarian: облак
Brazilian: nuvem	Czech: oblak, mrak	German: die Wolke
Danish: sky	Greek: σύννεφο	Spanish: nube
Estonian: pilv	Farsi: ابر	Finnish: pilvi
French: nuage	Hebrew: עָנַן	Hindi: बादल
Croatian: oblak, maglica	Hungarian: felhő	Indonesian: awan
Icelandic: skÿ	Italian: nuvola	Japanese: 雲
Korean: 구름	Lithuanian: debesis	Latvian: mākonis
Malay: awan	Dutch: wolk	Norwegian: sky
Polish: chmura	Persian: ابر	Pashto: اور
Portuguese: nuvem	Romanian: nor	Russian: облако; туча
Slovak: oblak	Slovenian: oblak	Serbian: oblak
Swedish: moln	Thai: เมฆ	Turkish: bulut
Taiwanese: 雲	Ukrainian: хмара	Urdu: بادل
Vietnamese: mây	Chinese: 云
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