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Cloud

noun

1.

Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible.

2.

A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude.

3.

Out of touch with reality.

4.

A cause of worry or gloom or trouble.

5.

Suspicion affecting your reputation.

6.

A group of many things in the air or on the ground. Synonym: swarm. "Clouds of blossoms" , "It discharged a cloud of spores"

verb

(past & past part. clouded; pres. part. clouding)

1.

Make overcast or cloudy. Synonym: overcast. Antonym: clear up.

2.

Make less visible or unclear. Synonyms: becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure. "The big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

3.

Billow up in the form of a cloud.

4.

Make gloomy or depressed.

5.

Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint.

6.

Make less clear.

7.

Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades. Synonyms: dapple, mottle.

8.

Make milky or dull.

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"Cloud" Quotes from Famous Books

... as she saw his face cloud, she hurried on. "Oh, don't be hurt! You misunderstand. How you misunderstand! Take me in to supper to-night, will you? And then you shall talk to me, and I'll listen." Her voice rose like clear sweet music in a lilt of joy. "I'll listen ...

— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

... powder in order to prevent the generation of heat when the bullets set back on the discharge of the gun. In Germany a mixture of red amorphous phosphorus and fine grain powder is used for the same purpose and produces a dense white cloud of smoke. In Russia a mixture of magnesium and antimony sulphide ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... Irish estate, granted by Queen Elizabeth to an English nobleman, showed how language might determine history. He noted there, a force at work that tended to cloud the mind and influence the imagination, in considering such affairs. The estate was called 'a princely property,' and the new holder was the 'aristocratic owner of the soil.' He had 'extensive lands in England;' perhaps he had 'the most ...

— The Romance of a Pro-Consul - Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir - George Grey, K.C.B. • James Milne

... he helped himself to another pancake. "Didn't ye notice the feelin' in the meetin', an' how Si changed? Why, he looked jist like a thunder cloud about to bust. I sartinly do pity the new parson. He's goin' to have a hard time ...

— The Unknown Wrestler • H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

... nothing. The sky was a little dark, as if a blight were coming on; but there was hardly more than a veil of cloud, and the light was scarcely more than tinged with gloom. It was just such a sky as precedes a spring thunderstorm. She said so, clearly ...

— Lord of the World • Robert Hugh Benson

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