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cloud
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- pronunciation:
- klaUd
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Builder
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a white or gray mass of fine drops of water or ice high in the earth's atmosphere.
- similar words:
- cirrus, cumulus, fog, haze, mist, nebula, smog, smoke, steam, vapor
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| definition 2: |
something like a cloud, such as dust or smoke.
His boots kicked up a cloud of dust as he walked into the store.- similar words:
- fog, haze, nebula, puff, smog, smoke, swarm, throng, vapor
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| definition 3: |
something that threatens or makes dark and gloomy.
Everyone in the city lived under a cloud of fear.- synonyms:
- veil
- similar words:
- cloak, mantle, screen, shade
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| related words: |
fume |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
clouds, clouding, clouded |
| definition 1: |
to cover with clouds.
Smoke from the burning building clouded the neighborhood.- synonyms:
- cover, darken
- similar words:
- cloak, dim, fog, mist, shade
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| definition 2: |
to become cloudy (often followed by "up").
The sky clouded up before the storm began.- synonyms:
- fog
- similar words:
- dim, mist
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| related words: |
blur, obscure, screen, veil |
| derivations: |
cloudless (adj.), cloudlike (adj.) |
Cloud is from clud, an Old English word that means "rock or hill," and from clouden which means "to dim or darken."
Word Builder: cloud +
- cloudy:
having many clouds.
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