Cloud Definition
kloud
clouded, clouding, clouds
noun
clouds
A visible mass of tiny, condensed water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere: clouds are commonly classified into four groups: A (high clouds above 6,096 m or 20,000 ft): cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus; B (intermediate clouds, 1,981 m to 6,096 m or 6,500 to 20,000 ft): altostratus, altocumulus; C (low clouds, below 1,981 m or 6,500 ft): stratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus; D (clouds of great vertical continuity): cumulus, cumulonimbus.
Webster's New World
A mass of smoke, dust, steam, etc.
Webster's New World
A large moving body of things in the air or on the ground; a swarm.
A cloud of locusts.
American Heritage
A great number of things close together and in motion.
A cloud of locusts.
Webster's New World
A collection of particles or other small entities.
An electron cloud; a cloud of spores.
American Heritage
verb
clouded, clouding, clouds
To cover or make dark as with clouds.
Webster's New World
To darken; obscure; threaten.
Webster's New World
To become gloomy or troubled.
Webster's New World
To make gloomy or troubled.
Webster's New World
To make muddy or foggy.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun
A surname.
Wiktionary
idiom
in the clouds
- Impractical.
American Heritage
under a cloud
- Under suspicion or in a state of disgrace.
American Heritage
have one's head in the clouds
- to be impractical or fanciful
- to engage in daydreaming
Webster's New World
under a cloud
- under suspicion of wrongdoing
- in a depressed or troubled state of mind
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cloud
- in the clouds
- under a cloud
- have one's head in the clouds
- the cloud
- under a cloud
Origin of Cloud
Middle English hill, cloud from Old English clūd rock, hill
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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