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| NOUN | 1 | cloud | Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible |
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| 2 | cloud | A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude | |
| 3 | cloud | Out of touch with reality | |
| 4 | cloud | A cause of worry or gloom or trouble | |
| 5 | cloud | Suspicion affecting your reputation | |
| 6 | cloud, swarm | A group of many insects | |
| VERB | 1 | cloud, overcast | Make overcast or cloudy |
| 2 | cloud, obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, mist | Make less visible or unclear | |
| 3 | cloud | Billow up in the form of a cloud | |
| 4 | cloud | Make gloomy or depressed | |
| 5 | cloud, defile, sully, corrupt, taint | Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | |
| 6 | cloud, mottle, dapple | Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | |
| 7 | cloud | Make milky or dull |
| Sounds | klaw'd |
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| Rhymes | aloud, avowed, bowed, and 13 more rhymes in awd at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible. |
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| Narrower | coma; nebula; aerosol; cosmic dust; dust cloud; mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud |
| Broader | physical phenomenon |
| Meaning | A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude. |
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| Part of | sky |
| Narrower | cirrocumulus, cirrocumulus cloud; cirrostratus, cirrostratus cloud; cirrus, cirrus cloud; cloud bank; contrail, condensation trail; cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud; cumulus, cumulus cloud; nacreous cloud, mother-of-pearl cloud; nimbus, nimbus cloud, rain cloud; storm cloud; stratus, stratus cloud |
| Broader | atmospheric phenomenon |
| Substances | water vapor, water vapour |
| Verbs | cloud; cloud |
| Meaning | Out of touch with reality. |
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| Examples | "his head was in the clouds" |
| Broader | unreality, irreality |
| Meaning | A cause of worry or gloom or trouble. |
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| Examples | "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French" |
| Broader | gloom, gloominess, glumness |
| Meaning | Suspicion affecting your reputation. |
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| Examples | "after that mistake he was under a cloud" |
| Broader | suspicion |
| Verbs | cloud |
| Meaning | A group of many insects. |
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| Examples | "a cloud of butterflies" |
| Synonyms | swarm |
| Members | insect |
| Narrower | infestation, plague |
| Broader | animal group |
| Meaning | Make overcast or cloudy. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | overcast |
| Narrower | fog up; haze |
| Broader | darken |
| Contrary | clear up, clear, light up, brighten |
| See also | cloud over, cloud up |
| Nouns | cloud; clouding |
| Meaning | Make less visible or unclear. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The stars are obscured by the clouds" |
| Synonyms | obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, mist |
| Narrower | overshadow |
| Broader | hide, conceal |
| Meaning | Billow up in the form of a cloud. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The smoke clouded above the houses" |
| Broader | billow, wallow |
| Nouns | cloud |
| Meaning | Make gloomy or depressed. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Their faces were clouded with sadness" |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike |
| Meaning | Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | defile, sully, corrupt, taint |
| Broader | mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate |
| Nouns | cloud |
| Meaning | Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | mottle, dapple |
| Narrower | harlequin; stipple, speckle |
| Broader | spot |
| Meaning | Make milky or dull. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added" |
| Broader | dull |