- a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- 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.
- 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.
- of or relating to cloud computing: cloud software; cloud servers.
- relating to or doing business on the internet: Google and other cloud companies.
- 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.
- to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc.
- to variegate with patches of another color.
- to grow cloudy; become clouded.
- (of a part of one's face) to reveal one's distress, anxiety, etc.: His brow clouded with anger.
- in the clouds,
- in a condition of absent-mindedness; lost in reverie.
- impractical: Their schemes are usually up in the clouds.
- exceedingly happy; in high spirits: On the night of the prom the seniors were on a cloud.
- in disgrace; under suspicion: After going bankrupt he left town under a cloud.
- 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
- 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
- a cloudlike blemish in a transparent stone
- of or relating to cloud computing
- not in contact with reality
- under a cloud
- under reproach or suspicion
- in a state of gloom or bad temper
- elated; very happy
- to make or become cloudy, overcast, or indistinct
- to make obscure; darken
- to confuse or impair
- to make or become gloomy or depressed
- 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
