cloud
//ˈklaʊ̯d//
Forms
- Plural
- clouds
- present (v1)
- cloud
- past (v2)
- clouded
- past participle (v3)
- clouded
- present participle
- clouding
- 3rd person singular
- clouds
Definitions
1.A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
2.Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
3.Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
4.Anything unsubstantial.
- There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
1.To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- The glass clouds when you breathe on it.
2.To make obscure.
- All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue.
3.To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
4.Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1905
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English cloud, from Old English clūd (“mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, *klutaz (“lump, mass, conglomeration”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, clench”).