cloak
IPA: kɫˈoʊk
noun
- A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
- (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
- (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
verb
- (transitive) To cover as with or like a cloak.
- (transitive, figurative) To cover up, hide or conceal.
- (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
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Examples of "cloak" in Sentences
- The man underneath the cloak is completely still.
- The cloak survived the incident largely undamaged.
- Now, the protective propaganda cloak is shredding.
- The cloak is mine but the stone and the wand are yours.
- So Harry's cloak is a Christmas twofer of unbridled joy.
- Mozart's last symphony was cloaked in such loving gentility.
- The power of the cloak is that of a normal invisibility cloak.
- “Your transpositional cloak is soiled,” the sociologist noted.
- • Invisibility cloak is one step closer after science demo Link
- Can you see the intricacy of the cloak of the Statue of Freedom
- The brooch from the cloak is still in the possession of the clan.
- The torture ceremonies are viewed by an impassive cloaked figure.
- At the end of the intro, the villainous cloaked sorcerer is shown.
- By giving the lender the cloak as well the debtor was reduced to nakedness.
- The new cloak is made up of more than 10,000 individual pieces of fiberglass arranged in parallel rows.
- The cause of the unity of the cloak (in this sense of ˜cloak™) is just the cause of bronze being made round.
- However, because of its all dielectric composition and design, Zhang says the cloak is relatively easy to fabricate and should be upwardly scalable.
- The concept of a superlens cloak is a long way from a workable device, but the integrity of the mathematical concept has sent some experimentalists into the laboratory to try and turn the theory into reality.
- The edging of sea-shells along the Virgin's cloak is partially inspired by Clarke's work, and also refers specifically to St. Bernard's devotion to the Virgin as Star of the Sea; the saint is thought to be the first to have invoked the Virgin under this title.
- Was the great massacre above made in the circumstance of the tradition below, to wit: There was a settlement or Indian nation where appeared several white men under the cloak of missionaries, (the reason I use the term cloak is by the way it terminated), and preached to them the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the great love evinced by the Father in sending his only son to suffer and die on the cross to redeem the red children of nature, as well as the pale faces, from their degradation, shame and woe, to that of endless felicity beyond the shores of time.