cloud
1. any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible (Freq. 24)
• Hypernyms:
physical phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
coma, nebula, aerosol, cosmic dust, dust cloud,
mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud
2. a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude (Freq. 16)
• Derivationally related forms:
cloudy
• Hypernyms:
atmospheric phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
cirrocumulus, cirrocumulus cloud, cirrostratus, cirrostratus cloud, cirrus,
cirrus cloud, cloud bank, contrail, condensation trail, cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus cloud,
thundercloud, cumulus, cumulus cloud, nacreous cloud, mother-of-pearl cloud, nebule,
nimbus, nimbus cloud, rain cloud, storm cloud, stratus, stratus cloud
• Part Holonyms:
sky
• Substance Meronyms:
water vapor, water vapour
3. out of touch with reality (Freq. 1)
- his head was in the clouds
• Hypernyms:
unreality, irreality
4. a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French
• Hypernyms:
gloom, gloominess, glumness
5. suspicion affecting your reputation
- after that mistake he was under a cloud
• Hypernyms:
suspicion
6. a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a swarm of insects obscured the light
- clouds of blossoms
- it discharged a cloud of spores
• Syn:
swarm
• Derivationally related forms:
swarm (for: swarm)
• Hypernyms:
group, grouping
• Hyponyms:
infestation, plague
• Member Meronyms:
insect
1. make overcast or cloudy (Freq. 1)
- Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
• Syn:
overcast
• Ant:
clear up (for: overcast)
• See Also:
cloud over, cloud up
• Derivationally related forms:
clouding, overcast (for: overcast)
• Hypernyms:
darken
• Hyponyms:
fog up, haze
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. make less visible or unclear (Freq. 1)
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
• Syn:
obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over,
fog, mist
• Derivationally related forms:
fog (for: fog)
• Hypernyms:
hide, conceal
• Hyponyms:
overshadow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. billow up in the form of a cloud (Freq. 1)
- The smoke clouded above the houses
• Hypernyms:
billow, wallow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. make gloomy or depressed
- Their faces were clouded with sadness
• Hypernyms:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
5. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- sully someone's reputation
• Syn:
defile, sully, corrupt, taint
• Hypernyms:
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
6. make less clear
- the stroke clouded memories of her youth
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
7. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
• Syn:
mottle, dapple
• Derivationally related forms:
dapple (for: dapple), mottling (for: mottle)
• Hypernyms:
spot
• Hyponyms:
harlequin, stipple, speckle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. make milky or dull
- The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added
• Hypernyms:
dull
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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