What is the meaning of cloud?

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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"

verb

  • Make overcast or cloudy.
    • usage: "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
  • Make less visible or unclear.
    • usage: "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
  • 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"
  • Make less clear.
    • usage: "the stroke clouded memories of her youth"
  • Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
  • Make milky or dull.
    • usage: "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"
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APAWordNet. (2010). cloud. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/cloud/definitions/1226743
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