CLOAK

cloak

(noun) a loose outer garment

cloak

(noun) anything that covers or conceals

cloak

(verb) cover with or as if with a cloak; “cloaked monks”

clothe, cloak, drape, robe

(verb) cover as if with clothing; “the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”

dissemble, cloak, mask

(verb) hide under a false appearance; “He masked his disappointment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cloak (plural cloaks)

A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

(figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

(Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

Verb

cloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)

(transitive) To cover as with a cloak.

(transitive, figurative) To hide or conceal.

(science fiction, ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.

Source: Wiktionary

Cloak (; 110), n. Etym: [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtik origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.]

1. A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. South. Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak.

Cloak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking.]

Definition: To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser.

Syn.

– See Palliate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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