1. Noun
A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
2. Noun
A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor.
3. Noun
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
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
A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection.
6. Noun
A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.
7. Verb
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.
8. Verb
To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
9. Verb
To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
10. Verb
To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
11. Verb
To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
12. Verb
make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
13. Noun
a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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