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cloud /klowd/ cloud clouds /klowd/ Etymology: [OE clūd a hill, then a cloud; cf clod, clot] noun a mass of fog, consisting of minute particles of water, often in a frozen state, floating in the atmosphere anything unsubstantial (figurative) a great number of things anything that obscures as a cloud does a dullness a dark or dull spot a great volume of dust or smoke anything gloomy, overhanging or ominous W a metaphorical image used for the Internet (computing slang) cloud clouding clouded clouded clouds /klowd/ Etymology: [OE clūd a hill, then a cloud; cf clod, clot] transitive verb to overspread with clouds to darken to defame to stain with dark spots or streaks to dull cloud clouding clouded clouded clouds /klowd/ Etymology: [OE clūd a hill, then a cloud; cf clod, clot] intransitive verb to become clouded or darkened (often with over) Etymology: [OE clūd a hill, then a cloud; cf clod, clot] Derivatives: cloudˈage cloudage cloudages noun cloudˈed clouded adjective hidden by clouds darkened, indistinct, dull (figurative) variegated with spots cloudˈily cloudily adverb cloudˈiness cloudiness cloudinesses noun cloudˈing clouding cloudings noun a cloudy appearance clouding adjective growing dim cloudˈless cloudless adjective unclouded, clear cloudˈlessly cloudlessly adverb cloudˈlet cloudlet cloudlets noun a little cloud cloudˈscape cloudscape cloudscapes noun a view or picture of clouds cloudˈy cloudy cloudiest cloudier adjective darkened with, or consisting of, clouds obscure gloomy stained with dark spots (of liquid) lacking (proper or expected) clarity or limpidity Compounds: cloud base cloud base noun the undersurface of a cloud or clouds the height of this above sea level cloudˈberry cloudberry noun a rosaceous plant of N America and N Europe, related to the bramble, usu found on high open moorland, with an orange-red sweet-flavoured berry cloudˈ-built cloud-built adjective made of clouds, unsubstantial cloudˈburst cloudburst noun a sudden downpour of rain over a small area cloudˈ-capt cloud-capt adjective (Shakespeare) capped with or touching the clouds cloud ceiling cloud ceiling noun the height of the cloud base above the ground cloud chamber cloud chamber noun (physics) an apparatus in which the path of high-energy charged particles is made visible by means of droplets condensed on gas ions cloudˈ-compelling cloud-compelling adjective driving or collecting the clouds, an epithet of Zeus W cloud computing cloud computing noun (computing slang ) Internet-based use of computer technology cloud-cuckˈoo-land or cloudˈland or cloudˈtown cloud-cuckoo-land or cloudland or cloudtown noun an imaginary situation or land, esp as the product of impractical or wishful thinking clouded leopard clouded leopard noun an arboreal cat (Neofelis nebulosa) smaller than a leopard clouded yellow clouded yellow noun any butterfly of the family Pieridae having yellowish wings and black margins cloud forest cloud forest noun an area of high-altitude tropical forest characterized by permanent cloud cover cloudˈ-kissing cloud-kissing adjective (Shakespeare) touching the clouds cloudˈ-seeding cloud-seeding noun the induction of rainfall by scattering particles, eg dry ice, silver iodide, on clouds from aircraft cloudˈ-topped cloud-topped adjective covered with or touching the clouds Phrases: in the clouds in the clouds out of touch with reality on cloud nine on cloud nine (informal) extremely pleased or happy under a cloud under a cloud in trouble, disgrace or disfavour with one's head in the clouds with one's head in the clouds in a dreamy impractical way or state
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