1. A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
   "Fluffy white clouds drifted across the summer sky"; "Dark storm clouds gathered on the horizon"
    
2. Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
   "Clouds of steam billowed from the factory chimneys"; "A cloud of dust rose from the construction site"
    
3. A group of many things in the air or on the ground
   "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores";
   - swarm
    
4. A cause of worry, gloom or trouble
   "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"
    
5. Suspicion affecting your reputation
   "after that mistake he was under a cloud"
    
6. Out of touch with reality
   "his head was in the clouds"
    
7. (internet) the internet for connection to remote servers regarded as a space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing
   "We store all our company's data in the cloud"

1. Make cloudy
   "Fall weather often clouds our beaches";
   - overcast
    
2. Make less visible or unclear
   "The stars are obscured by the clouds";
   - obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, mist
    
3. Billow up in the form of a cloud
   "The smoke clouded above the houses"
    
4. Make less clear
   "the stroke clouded memories of her youth"
    
5. Make milky or dull
   "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"
    
6. Make gloomy or depressed
   "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
    
7. (of someone's image or good reputation) damage, place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
   "the scandal cloudd his good reputation";
   - defile, sully, taint, stain, tarnish, soil
    
8. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
   "The marble was clouded with veins of grey";
   - mottle, dapple

Derived forms: clouding, clouded, clouds

Type of: affect, alter, atmospheric phenomenon, billow, change, conceal, darken, deflower, dull, gloom, gloominess, glumness, group, grouping, hide, impair, impress, irreality, mar, modify, move, physical phenomenon, pollute, spoil, spot, strike, suspicion, unreality, vitiate

Antonym: light up

Part of: sky

Encyclopedia: Cloud, John