cloak

Pluralcloaks

Formscloaks, cloaking, cloaked

1. 1
   clothingnouncountable

   A long piece of clothing, like a cape, that hangs from your shoulders and often has a hood.

   She wore a warm wool cloak over her dress.

   The old man pulled the hood of his cloak over his head.

   Similarcape, mantle

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2. 2
   hideverbfigurativelytransitive

   To hide something so that other people cannot see it or know about it.

   He tried to cloak his fear with a big smile.

   The officials cloaked the truth about the accident for months.

   Similardisguise, mask, veil, shroud, conceal

   Oppositereveal, expose, disclose

3. 3
   false frontnounfigurativelycountable

   Something that hides the truth, like a disguise or a false reason.

   He used his charity work as a cloak for stealing money.

   Behind a cloak of friendliness, she was planning to take his job.

   Similarcover, front, guise, mask, screen

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   cover oververbtransitive

   To cover something, the way a cape covers a person.

   Heavy snows cloak the mountains every winter.

   She cloaked the sleeping child with her coat.

   Similarshroud, envelop, cover, wrap, blanket

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   thick layernouncountable

   Something that covers a place like a blanket, such as snow or darkness.

   A cloak of snow covered the whole town.

   The sun disappeared behind a cloak of gray clouds.

   Similarblanket, mantle, shroud, veil

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   make invisibleverbtransitive or intransitive

   In stories set in the future, to become invisible, or make something invisible, using special technology.

   The alien ship can cloak and vanish from the screen in seconds.

   The captain ordered the crew to cloak the ship.

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   chat addressnouncountable

   On some chat networks, text shown instead of a user's internet address, so the user is harder to find.

   With a cloak, other users can't see where you are connecting from.

   Ask one of the server's helpers to give you a cloak.

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