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
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.
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
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
