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[kloud]

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noun

a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.

any similar mass, especially of smoke or dust.

a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or transparent.

a patch or spot differing in color from the surrounding surface.

anything that obscures or darkens something, or causes gloom, trouble, suspicion, disgrace, etc.

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a great number of insects, birds, etc., flying together: a cloud of locusts obscuring the sun.

the Internet (usually preceded by the): More and more software companies are putting versions of their programs in the cloud.

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adjective

of or pertaining to cloud computing: cloud software; cloud servers.

pertaining to or doing business on the Internet: Google and other cloud companies.

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verb (used with object)

10.

to overspread or cover with, or as with, a cloud or clouds: The smoke from the fire clouded the sun from view.

11.

to overshadow; obscure; darken: The hardships of war cloud his childhood memories.

12.

to make gloomy.

13.

(of distress, anxiety, etc.) to reveal itself in (a part of one's face): Worry clouded his brow.

14.

to make obscure or indistinct; confuse: Don't cloud the issue with unnecessary details.

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15.

to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc.

16.

to variegate with patches of another color.

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verb (used without object)

17.

to grow cloudy; become clouded.

18.

(of a part of one's face) to reveal one's distress, anxiety, etc.: His brow clouded with anger.

Idioms

19.

in the clouds,

in a condition of absent-mindedness; lost in reverie.

impractical: Their schemes are usually up in the clouds.

20.

on a cloud, Informal. exceedingly happy; in high spirits: On the night of the prom the seniors were on a cloud.

21.

under a cloud, in disgrace; under suspicion: After going bankrupt he left town under a cloud.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English clūd rock, hill; probably akin to clod

Related forms

cloud·like, adjective

in·ter·cloud, verb (used with object)

Synonyms
1. vapor. 6. swarm, horde, multitude, throng, host, crowd, army. 14. muddle, distort. 19. Cloud, fog, haze, mist differ somewhat in their figurative uses. Cloud connotes especially daydreaming: His mind is in the clouds. Fog and haze connote especially bewilderment or confusion: to go around in a fog (haze). Mist has an emotional connotation and suggests tears: a mist in one's eyes.

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Example Sentences

These cloud services can be provided by the government to many agencies or by outside technology companies.

Internet2 was formed to help colleges wire superfast networks, but now it is shifting attention to the cloud.

Cloud computing is unlikely to bring about quite such a dramatic shift.

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These cloud services can be provided by the government to many agencies or by outside technology companies.

Internet2 was formed to help colleges wire superfast networks, but now it is shifting attention to the cloud.

Cloud computing is unlikely to bring about quite such a dramatic shift.

The apparent methane lake effect clouds detected under the cloud cap could be formed by either type of lake, experts say.

The lowered pressure condenses the water in the air, creating a vapor cloud.

Look up in the sky near an airport and you might see some unusual cloud formations.

If you live near the ocean, the cloud cover and natural humidity may do your work for you.

Cloud services vary among companies so much that the buzzword can get awfully confusing.

Cloud computing is a threat to the economics of the software business.

It's been a bad week for commercial cloud computing.

But this week a small black cloud on the country's horizon grew a little larger.

Helens, a volcanic formation seems to come to life as it exhales a cloud of steam.

Instead of rocks in a landslide, think of the runaway electrons as shrapnel tearing up a path through the storm cloud.

And if that's the case, there has to be a dust cloud there.

Soft meringue has earned its fan base in this country as a cloud on top of lemon pie.

Average citizens have all kinds of options for storing their information in the cloud.

In the battle for enterprise customers, the country's giant telecommunications and cable companies are going to the cloud.

Yet the cloud will be based more on open standards than on proprietary technology.

As you climb up in elevation you'll eventually come into cloud forests with an exceptionally high diversity of trees.

The collapsing cloud separates into many smaller clouds, each of which may eventually become a star.

Trapped by cooler air above, the dirty cloud enveloped the city for four days.

It's the plant responsible for the cloud of small lavender flowers pictured above.

The first step to moving your jams to the cloud is getting your musical house in order.

But after further study astronomers realised that there were no stars in it, and so it must be a cloud of gas.

In fact, its cloud forest habitat is being rapidly cleared for agriculture and other development.

Calling it a bird when it is a cloud may make it unusual but hardly seems conducive to remembering that it is a cloud.

The volcano's gas cloud lowers global temperatures by a degree for three years.

And terribly exhilarating to be in the middle of a cloud of swarming bees.

The cloud has provided so much storage for all the data collected.

The authors' earlier modeling attempts offered the first glimpses of the molecular cloud collapsing.

They guessed the resulting cloud of debris could contain as much as five gallons of water.

There was a big cloud of them hovering around the back hive.

The electron avoids those spots, so vortices in its cloud open there.

The taxi disappeared around a distant corner in a cloud of its own dust.

In fact, aircraft often trigger lightning when flying through a heavily charged region of a cloud.

Amid a flurry of banners and a cloud of dust each year, the horses tear down the track.

Though frenzied seabed mapping clarifies the geology, economic incentives cloud the discussion.

All elements in this picture are lively,whether is fire or cloud or their red dresses.

He kept a fishing tackle box full of cloud negatives for enlivening lackluster skies.

Mysterious cloud formations made by aircraft may owe their huge sizes to a little bit of heat, a new study suggests.

At times it seems cloud computing has no more definition than the atmospheric phenomenon after which it is.

Blake has created a sweetly cartoonish cloud print.

Scientists now believe the spot is a highly unusual gas cloud that could help explain the life cycle of quasars.

Like fireflies in a mason jar, galaxies inside a huge cloud of gas make the distant object shine brightly, a new study says.

Planes lifting off through a specific kind of cloud cover can inadvertently increase snowfall below.

Amazon's widespread problems highlight the risks of relying on cloud computing.

Crane expressed frustration that a cloud still hovered over the origins of the theory he had dedicated his career.

In future the geography of the cloud is likely to get even more complex.

The space shuttleEndeavour bursts through cloud cover on its last journey into orbit in a photograph taken last.

It is a vast cloud of hydrogen containing enough matter to make one hundred.

Mere seconds later, cloud cover returned, and the spot disappeared.

Trachelium caeruleum, the violet-blue cloud spilling over the rocks in the foreground of this photo, is a prime example.

The country's high-technology manufacturers may have to find a new business model if the promise of cloud computing is realized.

Her admitted lapse of integrity has placed a cloud of doubt over all her work.

Another big driver of mobile-device usage-and thus of consumerisation-has been the rise of cloud computing.

Water droplets from the mesocyclone's moist air form a funnel cloud.

New findings show that variations in cloud cover cannot explain temperature changes as a result of global.

Rain may darken the western rim while a fierce sun illuminates cloud towers in the center and a brilliant blue fills the east.

Expertise in cloud computing, net-centric computing, or information technology preferred.

It is particularly relevant in places where cloud cover is on the way.

In a tornado, a swirling funnel of air stretches from the storm cloud to the ground.

The sun did not shine through for perhaps a year because of a killing cloud cover of dust.

The personal should never cloud the professional in such situations.

As the gases cooled, the center of the cloud collapsed into a dense clump.

We often allow our zeal for sports to cloud our minds and prevent us to face serious questions, even regarding safety.

When discovered, an octopus will release a cloud of black ink to obscure its attacker's view, giving it time to swim away.

The spot, caused by the impact of a comet or an asteroid, is changing from day to day in the planet's cloud tops.

He blessed them all and drove off in a cloud of dust.

As the shadow rises, it breaks into a cloud of tautly ribbed sail, aflame in the tropical sun.

Nearly permanent cloud cover, blizzards, and fierce ocean winds keep the range shrouded in mystery.

First, warm, moist air rushed up into the the cloud.

With the push toward cloud computing and the always-on wireless culture gaining.

There is hardly a cloud in the sky and the temperatures hover around freezing, positively balmy for this clime.

Electrical imbalance intensifies within the cloud and between the cloud and ground.

Our solar system arose from a large, rotating cloud of interstellar debris called the solar nebula.

At the far end of the glacier you can see a puff of cloud rising over the terminal moraine.

But they couldn't escape the giant, greenish-yellow cloud.

New findings show that variations in cloud cover cannot explain temperature changes as a result of global climate change.

The problem is that cloud cover is not being used properly.

For example, algae in the ocean can control local weather by releasing a volatile compound that helps promote cloud cover.

The particulates act as the nuclei points for cloud condensation.

In addition, aerosol and cloud layer information could be gained as a spin-off.

Predictions about the appeal of cloud computing were on the money.

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World English Dictionary

cloud (klaʊd)

—n
1.	cirrus cumulonimbus cumulus See also stratus a mass of water or ice particles visible in the sky, usually white or grey, from which rain or snow falls when the particles coagulate
2.	any collection of particles visible in the air, esp of smoke or dust
3.	a large number of insects or other small animals in flight
4.	something that darkens, threatens, or carries gloom
5.	jewellery a cloudlike blemish in a transparent stone
6.	(modifier) of or relating to cloud computing: a cloud application
7.	in the clouds not in contact with reality
8.	under a cloud
	a. under reproach or suspicion
	b. in a state of gloom or bad temper
9.	informal on cloud nine elated; very happy

—vb (when intr, often foll by over or up)
10.	to make or become cloudy, overcast, or indistinct
11.	(tr) to make obscure; darken
12.	(tr) to confuse or impair: emotion clouded his judgment
13.	to make or become gloomy or depressed
14.	(tr) to place under or render liable to suspicion or disgrace
15.	to render (liquids) milky or dull or (of liquids) to become milky or dull
16.	to become or render mottled or variegated

[C13 (in the sense: a mass of vapour): from Old English clūd rock, hill; probably related to clod]

'cloudless

—*adj*

'cloudlessly

—*adv*

'cloudlessness

—n

'cloudlike

—*adj*

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

cloud

O.E. clud "mass of rock," from P.Gmc. *kludas, metaphoric extension 13c. based on similarity of cumulus clouds and rock masses. O.E. word for "cloud" was weolcan.

American Heritage

Science Dictionary

cloud (kloud) Pronunciation Key

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A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level. Clouds are formed when air that contains water vapor cools below the dew point.
A distinguishable mass of particles or gas, such as the collection of gases and dust in a nebula.

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Computing Dictionary

cloud definition

cloud computing

Easton

Bible Dictionary

Cloud definition

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 (Ex. 16:10; 33:9; Num. 11:25; 12:5; Job 22:14; Ps. 18:11). A "cloud without rain" is a proverbial saying, denoting a man who does not keep his promise (Prov. 16:15; Isa. 18:4; 25:5; Jude 1:12). A cloud is the figure of that which is transitory (Job 30:15; Hos. 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; Ezek. 43:4), and was called the Shechinah (q.v.). Jehovah came down upon Sinai in a cloud (Ex. 19:9); and the cloud filled the court around the tabernacle in the wilderness so that Moses could not enter it (Ex. 40:34, 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" (Matt. 17:5; 24:30; Acts 1:9, 11). False teachers are likened unto clouds carried about with a tempest (2 Pet. 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 (Isa. 44:22). Cloud, the pillar of, was the glory-cloud which indicated God's presence leading the ransomed people through the wilderness (Ex. 13:22; 33:9, 10). This pillar preceded the people as they marched, resting on the ark (Ex. 13:21; 40:36). By night it became a pillar of fire (Num. 9:17-23).

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Idioms & Phrases

cloud

In addition to the idioms beginning with cloud, also see head in the clouds; on cloud nine; silver lining, every cloud has; under a cloud.

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