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NOUN | 1 | cloud | Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible |
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2 | cloud | A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude | |
3 | cloud | Out of touch with reality | |
4 | cloud | A cause of worry or gloom or trouble | |
5 | cloud | Suspicion affecting your reputation | |
6 | cloud, swarm | A group of many insects | |
VERB | 1 | cloud, overcast | Make overcast or cloudy |
2 | cloud, obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, mist | Make less visible or unclear | |
3 | cloud | Billow up in the form of a cloud | |
4 | cloud | Make gloomy or depressed | |
5 | cloud, defile, sully, corrupt, taint | Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | |
6 | cloud, mottle, dapple | Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | |
7 | cloud | Make milky or dull |
Sounds | klaw'd |
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Rhymes | aloud, avowed, bowed, and 13 more rhymes in awd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible. |
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Narrower | coma; nebula; aerosol; cosmic dust; dust cloud; mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud |
Broader | physical phenomenon |
Meaning | A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude. |
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Part of | sky |
Narrower | cirrocumulus, cirrocumulus cloud; cirrostratus, cirrostratus cloud; cirrus, cirrus cloud; cloud bank; contrail, condensation trail; cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud; cumulus, cumulus cloud; nacreous cloud, mother-of-pearl cloud; nimbus, nimbus cloud, rain cloud; storm cloud; stratus, stratus cloud |
Broader | atmospheric phenomenon |
Substances | water vapor, water vapour |
Verbs | cloud; cloud |
Meaning | Out of touch with reality. |
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Examples | "his head was in the clouds" |
Broader | unreality, irreality |
Meaning | A cause of worry or gloom or trouble. |
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Examples | "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French" |
Broader | gloom, gloominess, glumness |
Meaning | Suspicion affecting your reputation. |
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Examples | "after that mistake he was under a cloud" |
Broader | suspicion |
Verbs | cloud |
Meaning | A group of many insects. |
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Examples | "a cloud of butterflies" |
Synonyms | swarm |
Members | insect |
Narrower | infestation, plague |
Broader | animal group |
Meaning | Make overcast or cloudy. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Synonyms | overcast |
Narrower | fog up; haze |
Broader | darken |
Contrary | clear up, clear, light up, brighten |
See also | cloud over, cloud up |
Nouns | cloud; clouding |
Meaning | Make less visible or unclear. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "The stars are obscured by the clouds" |
Synonyms | obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, mist |
Narrower | overshadow |
Broader | hide, conceal |
Meaning | Billow up in the form of a cloud. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The smoke clouded above the houses" |
Broader | billow, wallow |
Nouns | cloud |
Meaning | Make gloomy or depressed. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "Their faces were clouded with sadness" |
Broader | affect, impress, move, strike |
Meaning | Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | defile, sully, corrupt, taint |
Broader | mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate |
Nouns | cloud |
Meaning | Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | mottle, dapple |
Narrower | harlequin; stipple, speckle |
Broader | spot |
Meaning | Make milky or dull. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added" |
Broader | dull |