swarm, cloud
(noun) a group of many things in the air or on the ground; “a swarm of insects obscured the light”; “clouds of blossoms”; “it discharged a cloud of spores”
cloud
(noun) a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
cloud
(noun) any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
cloud
(noun) out of touch with reality; “his head was in the clouds”
cloud
(noun) suspicion affecting your reputation; “after that mistake he was under a cloud”
cloud
(noun) a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; “the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French”
cloud
(verb) make milky or dull; “The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added”
mottle, dapple, cloud
(verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
cloud
(verb) make less clear; “the stroke clouded memories of her youth”
defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud
(verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; “sully someone’s reputation”
cloud
(verb) make gloomy or depressed; “Their faces were clouded with sadness”
cloud
(verb) billow up in the form of a cloud; “The smoke clouded above the houses”
obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist
(verb) make less visible or unclear; “The stars are obscured by the clouds”; “the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley”
overcast, cloud
(verb) make overcast or cloudy; “Fall weather often overcasts our beaches”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Cloud
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cloud is the 2,478th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14,555 individuals. Cloud is most common among White (68.82%) and Black (17.24%) individuals.
• could, culdo-
cloud (plural clouds)
(obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.
A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
(figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
(computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
(figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
(slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
• See also cloud
• anvil cloud
• brain cloud
• funnel cloud
• mammatus cloud
• molecular cloud
• mushroom cloud
• Oort cloud
• point cloud
• rain cloud
• star cloud
• tag cloud
• Magellanic Cloud
• thundercloud
cloud (third-person singular simple present clouds, present participle clouding, simple past and past participle clouded)
(intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
(transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
(transitive) To make obscure.
(transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
(transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
(transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
(transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
(intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
• could, culdo-
Source: Wiktionary
Cloud, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. AS. cld a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.]
1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13.
Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) Cirrus. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) Cumulus. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) Stratus. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) Nimbus. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) Cirro-cumulus. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) Cirro-stratus. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) Cumulo-stratus. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint.
– Fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface.
– Storm scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind.
2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. "A thick cloud of incense." Ezek. viii. 11.
3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.
4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.
5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "So great a cloud of witnesses." Heb. xii. 1.
6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation.
– To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor.
– In the clouds, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.
Cloud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouding.]
1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.
2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen. One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. Shak. Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. Milton. Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. M. Arnold.
3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character. I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken. Shak.
4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn. And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Pope.
Cloud, v. i.
Definition: To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up. Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
