DICTOMETER

CLOUDS

(cloud, nube, sky)

1. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • out of touch with reality
   Examples:
   • His head was in the clouds
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
   Examples:
   • The only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • suspicion affecting your reputation
   Examples:
   • After that mistake he was under a cloud
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Swarm
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • a group of many things in the air or on the ground
   Examples:
   • A swarm of insects obscured the light
   • Clouds of blossoms
   • It discharged a cloud of spores
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Overcast
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • make overcast or cloudy
   Examples:
   • Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Obscure
   • Befog
   • Becloud
   • Obnubilate
   • Haze over
   • Fog
   • Cloud
   • Mist
   Definitions:
   • make less visible or unclear
   Examples:
   • The stars are obscured by the clouds
   • The big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • billow up in the form of a cloud
   Examples:
   • The smoke clouded above the houses
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • make gloomy or depressed
   Examples:
   • Their faces were clouded with sadness
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Defile
   • Sully
   • Corrupt
   • Taint
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
   Examples:
   • Sully someone's reputation
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • make less clear
   Examples:
   • The stroke clouded memories of her youth
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Mottle
   • Dapple
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Cloud
   Definitions:
   • make milky or dull
   Examples:
   • The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added