CLOUD Definition & Meaning

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cloud

[ kloud ]

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noun

a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
Synonyms:
any similar mass, especially of smoke or dust.
a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or transparent.
a patch or spot differing in color from the surrounding surface.
anything that obscures or darkens something, or causes gloom, trouble, suspicion, disgrace, etc.
a great number of insects, birds, etc., flying together:
a cloud of locusts obscuring the sun.
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Digital Technology. Usually the cloud. 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:
More and more software companies are encouraging users to store their work in the cloud.

adjective

Digital Technology.

of or relating to cloud computing:
cloud software; cloud servers.
relating to or doing business on the internet:
Google and other cloud companies.

verb (used with object)

to overspread or cover with, or as with, a cloud or clouds:
The smoke from the fire clouded the sun from view.
to overshadow; obscure; darken:
The hardships of war cloud his childhood memories.
to make gloomy.
(of distress, anxiety, etc.) to reveal itself in (a part of one's face):
Worry clouded his brow.
to make obscure or indistinct; confuse:
Don't cloud the issue with unnecessary details.
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to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc.
to variegate with patches of another color.

verb (used without object)

to grow cloudy; become clouded.
(of a part of one's face) to reveal one's distress, anxiety, etc.:
His brow clouded with anger.

cloud

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noun

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
any collection of particles visible in the air, esp of smoke or dust
a large number of insects or other small animals in flight
something that darkens, threatens, or carries gloom
jewellery a cloudlike blemish in a transparent stone
modifier of or relating to cloud computing
a cloud application
in the clouds
not in contact with reality
under a cloud
1. under reproach or suspicion
2. in a state of gloom or bad temper
on cloud nine informal.
elated; very happy

verb

whenintr, often foll by over or up to make or become cloudy, overcast, or indistinct
tr to make obscure; darken
tr to confuse or impair
emotion clouded his judgment
to make or become gloomy or depressed
tr to place under or render liable to suspicion or disgrace
to render (liquids) milky or dull or (of liquids) to become milky or dull
to become or render mottled or variegated

cloud

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A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level. Clouds are formed when air that contains water vapor cools below the dew point.
A distinguishable mass of particles or gas, such as the collection of gases and dust in a nebula.

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Derived Forms

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cloud¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English ��ū�� “rock, hill”; akin to clod, Greek ��ǳܳ�ó�� “b�ܳٳٴǳ��”; gluteus ( def )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cloud¹

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

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Idioms and Phrases

in the clouds,
1. in a condition of absent-mindedness; lost in reverie.
2. impractical:
  Their schemes are usually up in the clouds.
on a cloud, Informal. exceedingly happy; in high spirits:
On the night of the prom the seniors were on a cloud.
under a cloud, in disgrace; under suspicion:
After going bankrupt he left town under a cloud.

More idioms and phrases containing cloud

head in the clouds
on cloud nine
silver lining, every cloud has
under a cloud

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Synonym Study

Cloud, fog, haze, mist differ somewhat in their figurative uses. Cloud connotes especially daydreaming: His mind is in the clouds. Fog and haze connote especially bewilderment or confusion: to go around in a fog ( haze ). Mist has an emotional connotation and suggests tears: a mist in one's eyes.

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For all of the Lennons’ optimism and encouragement, "One to One" makes it indubitably clear that dark clouds are on the couple’s horizon.

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Meanwhile, the exhaust from rocket boosters and the shuttle cloud itself can cause local damage to vegetation.

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Grant said she didn’t have the energy to apply for grants, and for years, she was clouded in a looming sense of dread.

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Skies will be mostly clear, with some cloud expected for eastern Scotland and England on Saturday.

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The storm clouds bring a slight chance of thunderstorms in the region, he said.

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