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, | |
| 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 | |
| 'cloudless | |
| —adj | |
| 'cloudlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'cloudlessness | |
| —n | |
| 'cloudlike | |
| —adj | |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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, | |
| 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 | |
| 'cloudless | |
| —adj | |
| 'cloudlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'cloudlessness | |
| —n | |
| 'cloudlike | |
| —adj | |