cloak
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to cover with or as if with a cloak.
She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet.
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to hide; conceal.
The mission was cloaked in mystery.
noun
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a wraplike outer garment fastened at the throat and falling straight from the shoulders
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something that covers or conceals
verb
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to cover with or as if with a cloak
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to hide or disguise
Other Word Forms
- cloakless adjective
- undercloak noun
- well-cloaked adjective
Etymology
Origin of cloak
1175–1225; Middle English cloke (< Old French ) < Medieval Latin cloca, variant of clocca bell-shaped cape, bell; clock 1
Example Sentences
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Then she makes a beeline for a gaggle of giggling children and expectant women, most in flowing black cloaks.
From BBC
She convinced him to give her whatever land her cloak could cover.
From BBC
He could just glimpse, at the far end, a row of six men and six women, some cloaked, some bare-headed, one with a tattooed line down her chin, sitting on twelve vast chairs.
From Literature
Most of those selected to wear the killer’s cloak in “The Traitors” come to this conclusion, but not as woefully as Rausch.
From Salon
One afternoon Father opens the door to some men in black cloaks who want to buy our house.
From Literature
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