Noun
The sun is shining and there's not a cloud in the sky.
flying high above the clouds
It stopped raining and the sun poked through the clouds.
a cloud of cigarette smoke
The team has been under a cloud since its members were caught cheating.
There's a cloud of controversy hanging over the election. Verb
greed clouding the minds of men
These new ideas only cloud the issue further.
The final years of her life were clouded by illness.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
There isn’t a cloud in the sky, and my phone has only vibrated twice.—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 28 June 2024 Lyles started taking Zoloft, which lifted his cloud that summer, but weaned himself off the antidepressant going into the next track season.—Sean Gregory, TIME, 27 June 2024
Verb
Emotions can cloud decisions in the other direction, too.—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024 Federal Reserve officials earlier this year were forecasting three rate cuts, but stubbornly high inflation has clouded its timeline for easing borrowing costs.—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for cloud
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, rock, cloud, from Old English clūd; perhaps akin to Greek gloutos buttock
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