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Clouded
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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noun
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, especially 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.
EXPANDanything 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.
COLLAPSEthe Internet (usually preceded by the): More and more software companies are putting versions of their programs in the cloud.
adjective
8.
of or pertaining to cloud computing: cloud software; cloud servers.
9.
pertaining to or doing business on the Internet: Google and other cloud companies.
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.
EXPANDto make obscure or indistinct; confuse: Don't cloud the issue with unnecessary details.
verb (used without object)
Idioms17.
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.
19.
in the clouds,
a.
in a condition of absent-mindedness; lost in reverie.
b.
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.
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.
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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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.
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cloud  (kloud) Pronunciation Key
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