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cloud

Definition for cloud

noun as in mass of water particles in air

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darkness, fog, gloom, mist, puff, smog, smoke, steam, vapor, veil

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billow, dimness, film, fogginess, frost, haze, haziness, murk, nebula, obscurity, overcast, pother, rack, scud, sheep, smother, thunderhead

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brume, mare's tail, nebulosity, ol' buttermilk sky, pea soup, woolpack

noun as in crowd

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army, flock, horde, host, legion, multitude, rout, scores, throng

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verb as in become foggy or obscured

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blur, darken, dim, eclipse, overshadow

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adumbrate, becloud, befog, envelop, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, shade, shadow, veil

verb as in confuse

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distort, distract, impair, muddle, muddy, obscure, perplex, puzzle

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addle, becloud, befuddle, disorient

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Example Sentences

Washington: There is that cloud of the strike for sure.

From Los Angeles Times

The conglomerate has been operating under a cloud in the US since 2023, when a high-profile company published a report accusing it of fraud.

From BBC

When John Folkes was 19 years old, he was on board a plane ordered to fly through four atomic bomb mushroom clouds.

From BBC

The clearest skies are likely in Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland with cloud and outbreaks of rain for Wales and most of south England.

From BBC

Burning metal satellites leave behind a cloud of pollution.

From NewsForKids.net

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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