Cloud
[klaʊd]
Definition
(noun.) a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude.
(noun.) any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible.
(noun.) out of touch with reality; 'his head was in the clouds'.
(noun.) suspicion affecting your reputation; 'after that mistake he was under a cloud'.
(noun.) a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; 'the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French'.
(verb.) make milky or dull; 'The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added'.
(verb.) make less clear; 'the stroke clouded memories of her youth'.
(verb.) make gloomy or depressed; 'Their faces were clouded with sadness'.
(verb.) billow up in the form of a cloud; 'The smoke clouded above the houses'.
Typist: Sophie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
(n.) A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection.
(n.) A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.
(v. t.) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.
(v. t.) To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
(v. t.) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
(v. t.) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
(v. i.) To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
Checker: Louie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Nebulosity, haze, mist, fog, vapor, collection of vapor.[2]. Dense mass (as of smoke).[3]. Darkness, obscurity, gloom.
v. a. [1]. Darken, obscure, dim, shade, shadow.[2]. Variegate (with dark veins or spots).
Inputed by Jon
Definition
n. a mass of fog consisting of minute particles of water often in a frozen state floating in the atmosphere: (fig.) anything unsubstantial: a great number or multitude of anything as the New Test. 'cloud of witnesses:' anything that obscures as a cloud: a dark spot on a lighter material: a great volume of dust or smoke: anything gloomy overhanging or bodeful.—v.t. to overspread with clouds: to darken: to defame: to stain with dark spots or streaks.—v.i. to become clouded or darkened.—ns. Cloud′age; Cloud′-berr′y a low plant related to the bramble found on elevated moors in Britain with an orange-red berry of delightful flavour.—adj. Cloud′-built made of clouds unsubstantial.—n. Cloud′-burst a sudden flood of rain over a small area.—adjs. Cloud′-capt (Shak.) capped with or touching the clouds; Cloud′-compel′ling driving or collecting the clouds an epithet of Jupiter; Cloud′ed hidden by clouds: (fig.) darkened: indistinct: variegated with spots as a 'clouded cane ' &c.—n. Cloud′ery.—adv. Cloud′ily.—ns. Cloud′iness; Cloud′ing a cloudy appearance.—adj. growing dim.—adjs. Cloud′-kiss′ing (Shak.) touching the clouds; Cloud′less unclouded clear.—adv. Cloud′lessly.—n. Cloud′let a little cloud.—adjs. Cloud′-topped covered with or touching the clouds; Cloud′y darkened with or consisting of clouds: obscure: gloomy: stained with dark spots: (coll.) 'shady.'—Wait till the clouds roll by to wait for more favourable circumstances.—Under a cloud in trouble or disfavour.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing dark heavy clouds, portends misfortune and bad management. If rain is falling, it denotes troubles and sickness. To see bright transparent clouds with the sun shining through them, you will be successful after trouble has been your companion. To see them with the stars shining, denotes fleeting joys and small advancements.
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Examples
- Then her colour came up, a heavy rage came over her like a cloud. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Moreover, he felt he was seen through, and Peter grew black as a thunder-cloud. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Presently a breeze dissipated the cloud, and I descended upon the glacier. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- What we call the rolling of thunder is really the reflection and re-reflection of the original thunder from cloud and cliff. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He puts his trust in a snow-cloud; the wilderness, the wind, and the hail-storm are his refuge; his allies are the elements--air, fire, water. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Jo still looked like a thunder cloud, and nothing went well all day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This was the only cloud in the azure of her happiness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Repentance, replied the man, whose sinister brow gathered clouds as he spoke. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There were clouds over the lake and over the valley. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- That sky with its high and light clouds which are sure to melt away as the day waxes warm--this placid and balmly atmosphere? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Here is a weekly allowance, with a certain weight of coals, drops from the clouds upon me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They are attended with thick clouds and rain. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- An iron rod about forty feet long and sharp at the end was placed upr ight in the hope of drawing electricity from the st orm-clouds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The shame, desertion, wretchedness, and exposure of the great capital; the wet, the cold, the slow hours, and the swift clouds of the dismal night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Hopkins's brow was clouded, and he sat down with an air of deep dejection. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He remains in close order, clouded and depressed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- While they had spoken the sun had clouded over and as he looked back up toward the mountains the sky was now heavy and gray. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She stood sketching on the table-cloth, with her face clouded and set, and was silent. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The irony faded from her eyes, and she bent a clouded face upon her friend. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She had risen, and stood before him in a kind of clouded majesty, like some deposed princess moving tranquilly to exile. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mr. Welland's brow remained clouded, and it was evident that his perturbed imagination had fastened at once on this last remark. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I noticed that the sky was clouding over fast, as I followed them to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He informed me then, that for some time he had fancied the obscurity clouding one eye was becoming less dense; and that now he was sure of it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is cold outside, the girl said, her cheek close to Robert Jordan's, watching what was happening in the cup where the liquor was clouding. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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