[kloud] 
| 1. | a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface. |
| 2. | any similar mass, esp. of smoke or dust. |
| 3. | a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or transparent. |
| 4. | a patch or spot differing in color from the surrounding surface. |
| 5. | anything that obscures or darkens something, or causes gloom, trouble, suspicion, disgrace, etc. |
| 6. | a great number of insects, birds, etc., flying together: a cloud of locusts obscuring the sun. |
| 7. | to overspread or cover with, or as with, a cloud or clouds: The smoke from the fire clouded the sun from view. |
| 8. | to overshadow; obscure; darken: The hardships of war cloud his childhood memories. |
| 9. | to make gloomy. |
| 10. | (of distress, anxiety, etc.) to reveal itself in (a part of one's face): Worry clouded his brow. |
| 11. | to make obscure or indistinct; confuse: Don't cloud the issue with unnecessary details. |
| 12. | to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc. |
| 13. | to variegate with patches of another color. |
| 14. | to grow cloudy; become clouded. |
| 15. | (of a part of one's face) to reveal one's distress, anxiety, etc.: His brow clouded with anger. |
| 16. | in the clouds,
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| 17. | on a cloud, Informal. exceedingly happy; in high spirits: On the night of the prom the seniors were on a cloud. |
| 18. | under a cloud, in disgrace; under suspicion: After going bankrupt he left town under a cloud. |
| cloud (kloud) n.
v. tr.
To become cloudy or overcast: The sky clouded over. [Middle English, hill, cloud, from Old English clūd, rock, hill.] cloud'less adj. |
Cloud
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).
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.
