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1. make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

4. any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

5. out of touch with reality; "his head was in the clouds" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

6. suspicion affecting your reputation; "after that mistake he was under a cloud" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

7. make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

8. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

9. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

10. make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

11. billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above the houses" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

12. a group of many insects; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "a cloud of butterflies" Wordnet Dictionary DB

13. a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French" Wordnet Dictionary DB

14. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere. Webster Dictionary DB

15. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. Webster Dictionary DB

16. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

17. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

18. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. Webster Dictionary DB

19. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. Webster Dictionary DB

20. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded. Webster Dictionary DB

21. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen. Webster Dictionary DB

22. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn. Webster Dictionary DB

23. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; - esp. used of reputation or character. Webster Dictionary DB

24. To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; - often used with up. Webster Dictionary DB

25. A mass of visible vaper floating in the air; a volume of smoke or dust; a dimmed appearance or spot, as in marble; anything threatening in aspect, or casting suspicion on one. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

26. To overspread with, or as with, a mist or cloud; render gloomy; blacken or sully. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

27. To grow cloudy. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

28. A mass of watery vapor floating in the air: (fig.) a great volume of dust or smoke. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

29. To overspread with clouds: to darken: to stain with dark spots or streaks. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

30. To become clouded or darkened. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

31. Mass of vapors; volume of dust or smoke; a multitude. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

32. To darken with clouds; to darken; to stain in patches. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

33. To cover or be covered with clouds; make or become dark; darken; obscure. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

34. A mass of visible vapor floating in the air; something that obscures, darkens, or threatens; a defect; blemish. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

35. A collection of visible vapour, or watery particles, suspended in the atmosphere at some altitude; a volume of smoke or dust floating or drifting in the air; a dark or varied colour in a vein or spot on a stone or other body; a great multitude; a veil which obscures or darkens. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

36. To overspread with clouds; to darken; to variegate with dark-coloured spots; to make gloomy or sullen; to sully. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

37. To become clouded. In the clouds, out of sight from confusion of idea, perception, or conception; away from reality; absent in mind. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

38. A mass of visible vapour floating in the atmosphere; a great multitude, in the sense of a diffused and indistinct mass. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

39. To obscure or darken; to overspread with clouds; to make of a gloomy or sullen aspect; to sully; to tarnish; to become obscure; to grow cloudy. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

40. The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar prominence in Oriental imagery. When a cloud appears rain is ordinarily apprehended, and thus the "cloud without rain" becomes a proverb for the man of promise without performance. ( Proverbs 16:15 ; Isaiah 18:4 ; 25:5 ; Jude 1:12 ) comp. Prov 25:14 The cloud is a figure of transitoriness, ( Job 30:15 ; Hosea 6:4 ) and of whatever intercepts divine favor or human supplication. ( Lamentations 2:1 ; 3:44 ) A bright cloud at times visited and rested on the mercy-seat. ( Exodus 29:42 Exodus 29:43 ; 1 Kings 8:10 1 Kings 8:11 ; 2 Chronicles 5:14 ; Ezekiel 43:4 ) and was by later writers named Shechinah. biblestudytools.com

41. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character. mso.anu.edu.au

42. To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up. mso.anu.edu.au

43. The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals ( Exodus 16:10 ; 33:9 ; Numbers 11:25 ; 12:5 ; Job 22:14 ; Psalms 18:11 ). A "cloud without rain" is a proverbial saying, denoting a man who does not keep his promise ( Proverbs 16:15 ; Isaiah 18:4 ; 25:5 ; Jude 1:12 ). A cloud is the figure of that which is transitory ( Job 30:15 ; Hosea 6:4 ). A bright cloud is the symbolical seat of the Divine presence (Ex.29:42,43; 1 Kings 8:10 ; 2 Chr 5:14 ; Ezekiel 43:4 ), and was called the Shechinah (q.v.). Jehovah came down upon Sinai in a cloud ( Exodus 19:9 ); and the cloud filled the court around the tabernacle in the wilderness so that Moses could not enter it ( Exodus 40:34 Exodus 40:35 ). At the dedication of the temple also the cloud "filled the house of the Lord" ( 1 Kings 8:10 ). Thus in like manner when Christ comes the second time he is described as coming "in the clouds" ( Matthew 17:5 ; 24:30 ; Acts 1:9 Acts 1:11 ). False teachers are likened unto clouds carried about with a tempest ( 2 Peter 2:17 ). The infirmities of old age, which come one after another, are compared by Solomon to "clouds returning after the rain" (Eccl 12:2 ). The blotting out of sins is like the sudden disappearance of threatening clouds from the sky ( Isaiah 44:22 ). Cloud, the pillar of, was the glory-cloud which indicated God's presence leading the ransomed people through the wilderness ( Exodus 13:22 ; Exodus 33:9 Exodus 33:10 ). This pillar preceded the people as they marched, resting on the ark ( Exodus 13:21 ; 40:36 ). By night it became a pillar of fire ( Numbers 9:17-23 ). biblestudytools.com

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45. klowd, 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. [A.S. clúd, a hill, then a cloud, the root idea being a mass or ball. CLOD and CLOT are from the same root.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

46. (Mass of) visible condensed watery vapour (see CIRRUS, CUMULUS, NIMBUS, STRATUS) floating high above general level of ground (c.-drift, c. in motion; c.-rack, pile of broken cc.; c.-burst, violent rainstorm; c.-capped. Of hill with top veiled in c.; c.-scape, picture, picturesque grouping, of cc.; c.-kissing, of high hill or building); unsubstantial or fleeting thing; mass of smoke or dust (c.-compeller, smoker, facet. use of Greek epithet of Zeus); local dimness or vague patch of colour in or on liquid or transparent body; great number of birds, insects, horsemen, arrows, moving together; light woollen scarf; obscurity (under c. of night; a c. of words); in the cc., mystical, unreal, imaginary, (so c.-castle, daydream; c.-land, c.-world, utopia, fairyland); state of gloom, trouble, suspicion, louring or depressed look, (c. on brow; under a c., out of favour, discredited); cloudberry, mountain shrub with white flower& orange-coloured fruit; hence cloudless a., cloudlessly adv., cloudlessness, cloudlet, nn., cloudy a., cloudily adv., cloudiness n., cloudward adv. (Vb) overspread, darken, with cc., gloom, or trouble; variegate with vague patches of colour; become overcast or gloomy (c. up, over). [old English] Concise Oxford Dictionary

47. n. [Anglo-Saxon] A collection of visible vapour suspended in the atmosphere; —a mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust; —a dark vein or spot, as in marble; —that which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; —a great crowd or multitude; —a state of obscurity or impending trouble. Cabinet Dictionary

48. The dark collection of vapours in the air; the veins, or stains in stones, or other bodies; any state of obscurity or darkness. Complete Dictionary