cloud

noun

1. any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

Definition categories: phenomenon

2. a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

Definition categories: object

3. out of touch with reality

- his head was in the clouds

Definition categories: state, irreality, unreality

4. a cause of worry or gloom or trouble

- the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French

Definition categories: state, gloom, gloominess, glumness

5. suspicion affecting your reputation

- after that mistake he was under a cloud

Definition categories: state, suspicion

6. a group of many things in the air or on the ground

- clouds of blossoms

- it discharged a cloud of spores

Similar word(s): swarm

Definition categories: group, grouping

verb

1. make overcast or cloudy

Similar word(s): overcast

Definition categories: weather, darken

2. make less visible or unclear

- The stars are obscured by the clouds

Similar word(s): becloud, befog, fog, mist, obnubilate, obscure

Definition categories: perception, conceal, hide

3. billow up in the form of a cloud

- The smoke clouded above the houses

Definition categories: motion, billow, wallow

4. make gloomy or depressed

- Their faces were clouded with sadness

Definition categories: emotion, affect, impress, move, strike

5. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

Similar word(s): corrupt, defile, sully, taint

Definition categories: contact, deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate

6. make less clear

- the stroke clouded memories of her youth

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

7. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

Similar word(s): dapple, mottle

Definition categories: change, spot

8. make milky or dull

- The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added

Definition categories: change, dull