cloud

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) enPR: kloud, IPA ^(key): /klaʊd/

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Noun

Singular cloud

Plural clouds

Clouds

1. (weather), (countable) A cloud is a collection of condensed water vapor floating in the sky that sometimes makes rain.

   Those dark storm clouds are quickly getting closer.

2. (countable) A cloud is a group or swarm of something.

   The cloud of locusts flew closer to the corn.

Related words

• cloudy
• cloudiness
• cloudless
• cloudlike
• cloudlet
• thundercloud
• rain cloud

Verb

Plain form cloud

Third-person singular clouds

Past tense clouded

Past participle clouded

Present participle clouding

1. If something is clouded, it becomes foggy or gloomy; it becomes blocked from sight.

   The sky clouded over.

2. If something is clouded, it becomes obscure.

   Don't cloud the issue.

Related words

• cloudily