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cloud

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Synonyms: clout, clod, loud, aloud, clou, croud, floud, bloud, coud, claud, clour

Antonyms: clout, clod, loud, aloud, clou, croud, floud, bloud, coud, claud, clour

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q8074}}A visible [[mass]] of [[water]] [[droplets]] [[suspended]] in the [[air]].
  2. Any mass of [[dust]], [[steam]] or [[smoke]] resembling such a mass.
  3. Anything reminiscent of a cloud.
  4. Anything which makes things [[foggy]], [[unclear]] or [[gloomy]].
  5. {{lb|en|figurative}} Anything [[unsubstantial]].
  6. A dark spot on a lighter [[material]] or [[background]].
  7. {{lb|en|collective}} A [[group]] or [[swarm]] of insects, various animals or people, especially when flying.
  8. An [[elliptical]] shape or [[symbol]] whose [[outline]] is a series of [[semicircle]]s, supposed to [[resemble]] a cloud.
  9. {{senseid|en|telecommunication}} {{lb|en|telecommunication}} A [[telecom]] network (from their representation in engineering drawings).<ref>[https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/10/31/257406/who-coined-cloud-computing/ Who Coined 'Cloud Computing'?] Antonio Regalado, MIT Techonology Review, October 31, 2011</ref>
  10. {{senseid|en|internet}} {{lb|en|cloud computing|with "the"}} The [[Internet]], regarded as an [[abstract]] [[amorphous]] [[omnipresent]] space for processing and storage, the focus of [[cloud computing]].
  11. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A negative or [[foreboding]] aspect of something positive: see {{m|en|every cloud has a silver lining}} or {{m|en|every silver lining has a cloud}}.
  12. {{lb|en|slang}} Crystal [[methamphetamine]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become [[foggy]] or [[gloomy]], or [[obscure]]d from [[sight]].
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[overspread]] or [[hide]] with a cloud or clouds.
  3. Of the [[breath]], to become cloud; to turn into mist.
  4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[obscure]].
  5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make less [[acute]] or [[perceptive]].
  6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make gloomy or [[sullen]].
  7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[blacken]]; to [[sully]]; to [[stain]]; to [[tarnish]] ([[reputation]] or [[character]]).
  8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mark]] with, or [[darken]] in, [[vein]]s or [[sport]]s; to [[variegate]] with [[color]]s.
  9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become [[marked]], [[darkened]] or [[variegated]] in this way.

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en}}.
  2. A [[placename]]

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