cloud

IPA: kɫˈaʊd

noun

  • (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.
  • A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
  • Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
  • Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
  • (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
  • A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
  • A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
  • An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
  • A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings)
  • (computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
  • (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
  • (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
  • A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
  • (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
  • Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
  • (transitive) To make obscure.
  • (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
  • (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
  • (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
  • (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
  • (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
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