cloud

[Cloud]

A cloud is a clump of water vapor that you can see in the sky. Clouds are sometimes white and puffy, and other times so big and gray that they completely block the sun.

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A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere.

Noun
a group of many insects; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "a cloud of butterflies"

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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

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out of touch with reality; "his head was in the clouds"

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suspicion affecting your reputation; "after that mistake he was under a cloud"

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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"

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colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

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place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"

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make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness"

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billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above the houses"

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make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"

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make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

n.
A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor.

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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.

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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.

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A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection.

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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.

Cloud

Cloud , n. [Prob. fr. AS. cld a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.] 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere.
I do set my bow in the cloud.
&hand; A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) Cirrus. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) Cumulus. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) Stratus. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) Nimbus. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) Cirro-cumulus. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) Cirro-stratus. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) Cumulo-stratus. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- Fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- Storm scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind. 2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. "A thick cloud of incense." Ezek. viii. 11. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "So great a cloud of witnesses." Heb. xii. 1. 6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. -- To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. -- In the clouds, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.

Cloud

Cloud , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouding.] 1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded. 2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth.
Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks.
Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice.
3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken.
4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
And the nice conduct of a clouded cane.

Cloud

Cloud, v. i. To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud.

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere.

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

To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.

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Usage Examples

Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain't funny!

The Internet creates as well as destroys. Social networks, search advertising, and cloud computing are multibillion dollar industries that didn't exist 10 years ago. They are products of the same force that has rendered the Postal Service's core business obsolete.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.

A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

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Other Usage Examples

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world.

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents.