Meaning & Definition of Cloud in English

1. Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

2. A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

3. Out of touch with reality

• "His head was in the clouds"

4. A cause of worry or gloom or trouble

• "The only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the french"

5. Suspicion affecting your reputation

• "After that mistake he was under a cloud"

6. 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"

1. Make overcast or cloudy

• "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

2. Make less visible or unclear

• "The stars are obscured by the clouds"

• "The big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

3. Billow up in the form of a cloud

• "The smoke clouded above the houses"

4. Make gloomy or depressed

• "Their faces were clouded with sadness"

5. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• "Sully someone's reputation"

6. Make less clear

• "The stroke clouded memories of her youth"

7. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

8. Make milky or dull

• "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"