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Noun: cloak  klowk
  1. A loose outer garment
    "She wrapped herself in a warm cloak before venturing out into the cold night"
     
  2. Anything that covers or conceals
    "The politician used bureaucracy as a cloak for his corrupt activities"
Verb: cloak  klowk
  1. Cover with or as if with a cloak
    "cloaked monks"
     
  2. Hide under a false appearance
    "He cloaked his disappointment";
    - dissemble, mask
     
  3. Cover as if with clothing
    "the mountain was cloaked in tropical trees";
    - clothe, drape, robe

Derived forms: cloaks, cloaking, cloaked

Type of: cover, covering, disguise, mask, outer garment, overgarment, spread over

Encyclopedia: Cloak