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cloud
[kloud] 
–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, 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. |
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
–verb (used without object)
—Idioms| 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. |
Related forms:
cloudlike, adjective
Synonyms:
1. vapor. 6. swarm, horde, multitude, throng, host, crowd, army. 16. Cloud, fog, haze, mist differ somewhat in their figurative uses. Cloud connotes esp. daydreaming: His mind is in the clouds. Fog and haze connote esp. bewilderment or confusion: to go around in a fog (haze). Mist has an emotional connotation and suggests tears: a mist in one's eyes. 11. muddle, distort.
1. vapor. 6. swarm, horde, multitude, throng, host, crowd, army. 16. Cloud, fog, haze, mist differ somewhat in their figurative uses. Cloud connotes esp. daydreaming: His mind is in the clouds. Fog and haze connote esp. bewilderment or confusion: to go around in a fog (haze). Mist has an emotional connotation and suggests tears: a mist in one's eyes. 11. muddle, distort.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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