cloud
verb/klaʊd/
/klaʊd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cloud | /klaʊd/ /klaʊd/ |
| he / she / it clouds | /klaʊdz/ /klaʊdz/ |
| past simple clouded | /ˈklaʊdɪd/ /ˈklaʊdɪd/ |
| past participle clouded | /ˈklaʊdɪd/ /ˈklaʊdɪd/ |
| -ing form clouding | /ˈklaʊdɪŋ/ /ˈklaʊdɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] cloud something if something clouds your judgement, memory, etc., it makes it difficult for you to understand or remember something clearly
- Doubts were beginning to cloud my mind.
- His judgement was clouded by jealousy.
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- [intransitive, transitive] (formal) (of somebody’s face) to show that you feel sad, afraid, angry, etc.; to make somebody look sad, afraid, angry, etc.
- cloud (over) Her face clouded over with anger.
- cloud something Suspicion clouded his face.
- [transitive] cloud the issue/picture to make something you are discussing or considering less clear, especially by introducing subjects that are not connected with it
- Cost factors should not be allowed to cloud the issue.
- Such comments only serve to cloud the picture further.
- [intransitive] cloud (over) (of the sky) to fill with clouds
- It was beginning to cloud over.
Extra Examples- That day, the skies had clouded and it had become cool.
- The sky clouded over and it started to rain.
- [transitive] cloud something to make something less pleasant
- His last years were clouded by financial worries.
Extra Examples- Her happiness was clouded by having to leave her daughter behind in Jamaica.
- His last years were clouded by ill health.
- [intransitive, transitive] if glass, water, etc. clouds, or if something clouds it, it becomes less easy to see through
- cloud (with something) Her eyes clouded with tears.
- cloud something Steam had clouded the mirror.
Word OriginOld English clūd ‘mass of rock or earth’; probably related to clot. Sense (1) dates from Middle English.
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