cloud
A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
Noun 4 meanings
A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
Anything reminiscent of a cloud.
“The ship moved forward under a cloud of sail.”
Anything which makes things foggy, unclear or gloomy.
Verb 4 meanings
To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
“The glass clouds when you breathe on it.”
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
“The sky is clouded.”
Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
To make obscure.
“All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue.”
Etymology
From Middle English cloud, from Old English clūd (“mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, *klutaz (“lump, mass, conglomeration”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, clench”).
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CLOUD at a glance
CLOUD has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + O 1 + U 1 + D 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,154 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cloud
All rhymesOne letter away
- ALOUD6
- CLOUT7
- CLOUS7
- CLOUR7
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