1 [C,U] a grey or white mass made of very small drops of water, that floats in the sky:
The sun went behind a cloud. * It was scorching and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. * The plane was flying in cloud most of the way.
seealsoSTORMCLOUD, THUNDERCLOUD
2 [C] a large mass of sth in the air, for example dust or smoke, or a number of insects flying all together
3 [C] something that makes you feel sad or anxious:
Her father's illness cast a cloud over her wedding day. * The only dark cloud on the horizon was that they might have to move house. * He still has a cloud of suspicion hanging over him.
IDIOMS
every cloud has a silver lining (saying) every sad or difficult situation has a positive or hopeful side
on cloud nine (old-fashioned, informal) extremely happy
under a cloud if sb is under a cloud, other people think that they have done sth wrong and are suspicious of them:
She resigned under a cloud.
moreatHEADn.
Part of speech: verb
1 [VN] if sth clouds your judgement, memory, etc., it makes it difficult for you to understand or remember sth clearly:
Doubts were beginning to cloud my mind. * His judgement was clouded by jealousy.
2 ~ (over) (written) (of sb's face) to show sadness, fear, anger, etc.; to make sb look sad, afraid, angry, etc:
[V] Her face clouded over with anger. * [VN] Suspicion clouded his face.
3 [VN] ~ the issue to make sth you are discussing or considering less clear, especially by introducing subjects that are not connected with it
4 [V] ~ (over) (of the sky) to fill with clouds:
It was beginning to cloud over.
5 [VN] to make sth less pleasant or enjoyable:
His last years were clouded by financial worries.
6 if glass, water, etc. clouds, or if sth clouds it, it becomes less transparent:
[V] Her eyes clouded with tears. * [VN] Steam had clouded the mirror.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for cloud is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is cloud a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, cloud is tagged as noun.
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