cloud
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
any similar mass, especially of smoke or dust.
a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or transparent.
a patch or spot differing in color from the surrounding surface.
anything that obscures or darkens something, or causes gloom, trouble, suspicion, disgrace, etc.
a great number of insects, birds, etc., flying together: a cloud of locusts obscuring the sun.
Digital Technology.Usually the cloud . any of several, often proprietary, parts of the internet that allow online processing and storage of documents and data as well as electronic access to software and other resources: More and more software companies are encouraging users to store their work in the cloud.
of or relating to cloud computing: cloud software; cloud servers.
relating to or doing business on the internet: Google and other cloud companies.
to overspread or cover with, or as with, a cloud or clouds: The smoke from the fire clouded the sun from view.
to overshadow; obscure; darken: The hardships of war cloud his childhood memories.
to make gloomy.
(of distress, anxiety, etc.) to reveal itself in (a part of one's face): Worry clouded his brow.
to make obscure or indistinct; confuse: Don't cloud the issue with unnecessary details.
to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc.
to variegate with patches of another color.
Idioms about cloud
in the clouds,
in a condition of absent-mindedness; lost in reverie.
impractical: Their schemes are usually up in the clouds.
on a cloud, Informal. exceedingly happy; in high spirits: On the night of the prom the seniors were on a cloud.
under a cloud, in disgrace; under suspicion: After going bankrupt he left town under a cloud.
Origin of cloud
1synonym study For cloud
Other words for cloud
Other words from cloud
- cloudlike, adjective
- in·ter·cloud, verb (used with object)
Words Nearby cloud
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How to use cloud in a sentence
Accenture isn’t a cloud technology company, but it is the leading partner for most of the cloud companies in implementing wide-ranging enterprise applications.
Why Accenture thinks the ‘Henry Ford moment of the digital era’ is coming | Alan Murray | September 17, 2020 | FortuneAlongside the IPO, Snowflake also sold shares privately to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and to top cloud software developer Salesforce.
Snowflake CEO: Doubling of stock price after IPO reflects ‘frothy’ market | Aaron Pressman | September 16, 2020 | FortuneInvestors understand the cloud business model well and that makes a high-growth company like Snowflake attractive.
Here’s who made a killing from Snowflake’s blockbuster IPO | Verne Kopytoff | September 16, 2020 | FortuneTwo of Snowflake’s founders worked at database giant Oracle for more than a decade before striking out on their own to create a new design for databases in the cloud.
The test also included a mini cloud server, which allowed quicker connections to cloud software apps.
Verizon plans to offer indoor 5G networks by year-end | Aaron Pressman | September 16, 2020 | Fortune
(Somewhere, on another cloud, live gigabytes of photos from these very parties).
An innovative gift is the Qardioarm, a blood pressure monitor that records readings and uploads them to the cloud.
By Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn Do dark, chilly days make your mood cloud over this time each year?
The FSLN-controlled legislative assembly approved the mega-project under a cloud of secrecy in a record seven days.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution | Nina Lakhani | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople were singing the national anthem as the whole front of the National Palace was obscured by a smoke cloud.
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution | Jason McGahan | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddTwo years later this promising recruit, having fallen foul of the military authorities, had to leave the service under a cloud.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe menace of a thunder-cloud approached as in his childhood's dream; disaster lurked behind the quiet outer show.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodA present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
British Dictionary definitions for cloud
/ (klaʊd) /
a mass of water or ice particles visible in the sky, usually white or grey, from which rain or snow falls when the particles coagulate: See also cirrus, cumulonimbus, cumulus, stratus
any collection of particles visible in the air, esp of smoke or dust
a large number of insects or other small animals in flight
something that darkens, threatens, or carries gloom
jewellery a cloudlike blemish in a transparent stone
(modifier) of or relating to cloud computing: a cloud application
in the clouds not in contact with reality
under a cloud
under reproach or suspicion
in a state of gloom or bad temper
on cloud nine informal elated; very happy
(when intr, often foll by over or up) to make or become cloudy, overcast, or indistinct
(tr) to make obscure; darken
(tr) to confuse or impair: emotion clouded his judgment
to make or become gloomy or depressed
(tr) to place under or render liable to suspicion or disgrace
to render (liquids) milky or dull or (of liquids) to become milky or dull
to become or render mottled or variegated
Origin of cloud
1Derived forms of cloud
- cloudless, adjective
- cloudlessly, adverb
- cloudlessness, noun
- cloudlike, adjective
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Scientific definitions for cloud
[ kloud ]
A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level. Clouds are formed when air that contains water vapor cools below the dew point.
A distinguishable mass of particles or gas, such as the collection of gases and dust in a nebula.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cloud
In addition to the idioms beginning with cloud
- cloud over
also see:
- head in the clouds
- on cloud nine
- silver lining, every cloud has
- under a cloud
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