cloud

/klaʊd/

noun

1
A rock; boulder; a hill.
2
A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
3
Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
4
Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
5
Anything unsubstantial.
6
A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
7
A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
“He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats.”
8
An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
“The comic-book character's thoughts appeared in a cloud above his head.”
9
(with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
10
A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
11
Crystal methamphetamine.
12
A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.

1
To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
“The glass clouds when you breathe on it.”
2
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
“The sky is clouded.”
3
To make obscure.
“All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue.”
4
To make less acute or perceptive.
“The tears began to well up and cloud my vision.”
5
To make gloomy or sullen.
6
To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
7
To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
“to cloud yarn”
8
To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.

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