cloud
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
                
                    Noun
                    
                a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
                
                    Noun
                    
                out of touch with reality; "his head was in the clouds"
                
                    Noun
                    
                a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"
                
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                suspicion affecting your reputation; "after that mistake he was under a cloud"
                
                    Noun
                    
                a group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"
                
                    Verb
                    
                make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
                
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                make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
                
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                billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above the houses"
                
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                make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
                
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                place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"
                
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                make less clear; "the stroke clouded memories of her youth"
                
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                colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
                
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            make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"
                Synonyms
                    becloud
                    befog
                    corrupt
                    dapple
                    defile
                    fog
                    haze over
                    mist
                    mottle
                    obnubilate
                    obscure
                    overcast
                    sully
                    swarm
                    taint
            
            More General Terms
                    affect
                    alter
                    atmospheric phenomenon
                    billow
                    change
                    conceal
                    darken
                    deflower
                    dull
                    gloom
                    gloominess
                    glumness
                    group
                    grouping
                    hide
                    impair
                    impress
                    irreality
                    mar
                    modify
                    move
                    physical phenomenon
                    spoil
                    spot
                    strike
                    suspicion
                    unreality
                    vitiate
                    wallow
            
            More Specific Terms
                    aerosol
                    cirrocumulus
                    cirrocumulus cloud
                    cirrostratus
                    cirrostratus cloud
                    cirrus
                    cirrus cloud
                    cloud bank
                    coma
                    condensation trail
                    contrail
                    cosmic dust
                    cumulonimbus
                    cumulonimbus cloud
                    cumulus
                    cumulus cloud
                    dust cloud
                    fog up
                    harlequin
                    haze
                    infestation
                    mother-of-pearl cloud
                    mushroom
                    mushroom cloud
                    mushroom-shaped cloud
                    nacreous cloud
                    nebula
                    nebule
                    nimbus
                    nimbus cloud
                    overshadow
                    plague
                    rain cloud
                    speckle
                    stipple
                    storm cloud
                    stratus
                    stratus cloud
                    thundercloud