cloud

Pluralclouds

Formsclouds, clouding, clouded

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   sky vapornouncountable or uncountable

   A white or gray mass of tiny drops of water or bits of ice that floats in the sky.

   Like steam from a hot kettle, but floating high up in the sky.

   A big white cloud drifted slowly across the sky.

   Dark clouds gathered before the storm.

   UsageForecasts often say low cloud or cloud cover, with no a.

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   internet storagenounwith the

   Computers on the internet where you can keep files and run programs instead of on your own device.

   Like a locker you can reach from anywhere, but it lives on the internet instead of in one place.

   She saved all her photos to the cloud so she could see them on any device.

   Our games are stored in the cloud, not on the computer.

   UsageSay save it to the cloud and in the cloud.

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   smoke massnouncountable

   A large amount of smoke, dust, steam, insects, or similar things together in the air.

   Like the puff of dust that flies up when you clap two dusty erasers.

   A thick cloud of dust rose behind the truck.

   Clouds of smoke poured from the burning building.

   UsageSay a cloud of dust or a cloud of smoke.

   Similarplume, mass, billow

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   nouncountable

   Something that makes a situation feel sad, worried or doubtful.

   A cloud of worry hung over the house while Dad was in the hospital.

   The sad news put a cloud over the whole birthday party.

   UsageOften cast a cloud over something.

   Similarshadow, pall

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   dull the mindverbtransitive

   To make it harder to think clearly or to understand something.

   Like fog over a road that makes it hard to see what's ahead.

   Too much wine can cloud your judgment.

   Fear clouded his ability to think clearly.

   UsageOften cloud your judgment.

   Similarfog, blur, muddle, confuse, dull

   Oppositeclear, sharpen, clarify

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   become murkyverbintransitive

   To become misty or covered, or to cover something so it is hard to see.

   Like a bathroom mirror that turns white and misty after a hot shower.

   The sky began to cloud over before noon.

   Her eyes clouded with tears.

   UsageSay the sky clouded over.

   Similarfog, mist, steam

   Oppositeclear

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   bubble shapenouncountable

   A rounded shape made of bumps along its edge, drawn to look like a cloud.

   She drew a cloud around the words to show the character was thinking.

   My little brother cut a cloud out of white paper and taped it to the window.

   Similarbubble

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