What is the meaning of cloud?

noun

• Any collection of particles (e. G., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible.
• A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude.
• Out of touch with reality.
  • usage: "his head was in the clouds"
• A cause of worry or gloom or trouble.
  • usage: "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"
• Suspicion affecting your reputation.
  • usage: "after that mistake he was under a cloud"
• A group of many things in the air or on the ground.
  • usage: "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"
  • synonyms: swarm

verb

• Make overcast or cloudy.
  • usage: "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
  • synonyms: overcast
• Make less visible or unclear.
  • usage: "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
  • synonyms: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, mist
• Billow up in the form of a cloud.
  • usage: "The smoke clouded above the houses"
• Make gloomy or depressed.
  • usage: "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
• Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon.
  • usage: "sully someone's reputation"
  • synonyms: defile, sully, corrupt, taint
• Make less clear.
  • usage: "the stroke clouded memories of her youth"
• Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
  • synonyms: mottle, dapple
• Make milky or dull.
  • usage: "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"