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Definitions for Cloud

[1] a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
[2] any similar mass, especially of smoke or dust.
[3] a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or transparent.
[4] a patch or spot differing in color from the surrounding surface.
[5] anything that obscures or darkens something, or causes gloom, trouble, suspicion, disgrace, etc.
[6] a great number of insects, birds, etc., flying together: a cloud of locusts obscuring the sun.
[7] Digital Technology . any of several, often proprietary, parts of the Internet that allow online processing and storage of documents and data as well as electronic access to software and other resources (usually preceded by the ): More and more software companies are encouraging users to store their work in the cloud.
[8] of or relating to cloud computing: cloud software; cloud servers.
[9] relating to or doing business on the Internet: Google and other cloud companies.
[10] to overspread or cover with, or as with, a cloud or clouds: The smoke from the fire clouded the sun from view.
[11] to overshadow; obscure; darken: The hardships of war cloud his childhood memories.
[12] to make gloomy.
[13] (of distress, anxiety, etc.) to reveal itself in (a part of one's face): Worry clouded his brow.
[14] to make obscure or indistinct; confuse: Don't cloud the issue with unnecessary details.
[15] to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc.
[16] to variegate with patches of another color.
[17] to grow cloudy; become clouded.
[18] (of a part of one's face) to reveal one's distress, anxiety, etc.: His brow clouded with anger.
[19] in the clouds , in a condition of absent-mindedness; lost in reverie. impractical: Their schemes are usually up in the clouds.
[20] on a cloud , Informal . exceedingly happy; in high spirits: On the night of the prom the seniors were on a cloud.
[21] under a cloud , in disgrace; under suspicion: After going bankrupt he left town under a cloud.
[22] a mass of water or ice particles visible in the sky, usually white or grey, from which rain or snow falls when the particles coagulate See also cirrus, cumulonimbus, cumulus, stratus
[23] any collection of particles visible in the air, esp of smoke or dust
[24] a large number of insects or other small animals in flight
[25] something that darkens, threatens, or carries gloom
[26] jewellery a cloudlike blemish in a transparent stone
[27] (modifier) of or relating to cloud computing a cloud application
[28] in the clouds not in contact with reality
[29] under a cloud under reproach or suspicion in a state of gloom or bad temper
[30] on cloud nine informal elated; very happy
[31] (when intr, often foll by over or up ) to make or become cloudy, overcast, or indistinct
[32] (tr) to make obscure; darken
[33] (tr) to confuse or impair emotion clouded his judgment
[34] to make or become gloomy or depressed
[35] (tr) to place under or render liable to suspicion or disgrace
[36] to render (liquids) milky or dull or (of liquids) to become milky or dull
[37] to become or render mottled or variegated

Words related to Cloud

gloom, vapor, darkness, fog, smoke, puff, smog, mist, veil, steam, shower, swarm, dim, darken, overshadow, eclipse, blur, perplex, puzzle, muddle

Words nearby Cloud

clotted cream, clotting factor, clotty, cloture, clou, cloud, cloud banner, cloud base, cloud chamber, cloud computing, cloud cover

Origin of Cloud

before 900; Middle English; Old English clūd rock, hill; probably akin to clod

Other words from Cloud

cloud·like , adjective
in·ter·cloud , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Cloud

C13 (in the sense: a mass of vapour): from Old English clūd rock, hill; probably related to clod

Synonyms for Cloud

darkness, fog, gloom, mist, puff, smog, smoke, steam, vapor, veil, billow, dimness, film, fogginess, frost, haze, haziness, murk, nebula, obscurity, overcast, pother, rack, scud, sheep, smother, thunderhead, brume, mare's tail, nebulosity, ol' buttermilk sky, pea soup, woolpack