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Definitions of cloud

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. 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.

20. 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.

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

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

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

24. 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

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

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

27. 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

28. 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

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

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

31. 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.

32. 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.

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

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. 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.

Usage examples for cloud

1. We commenced the year under a very dark cloud – From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography by George Edwards M.P., O.B.E.

2. And Nan, seeing the cloud on his face, yielded without another word. – Not Like Other Girls by Rosa N. Carey