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Meaning of cloud

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cloud
      n 1: any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases
           that is visible
      2: a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a
         considerable altitude
      3: out of touch with reality; "his head was in the clouds"
      4: a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the
         horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"
      5: suspicion affecting your reputation; "after that mistake he
         was under a cloud"
      6: 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" [syn: {swarm}, {cloud}]
      v 1: make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our
           beaches" [syn: {overcast}, {cloud}] [ant: {brighten},
           {clear}, {clear up}, {light up}]
      2: make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the
         clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
         [syn: {obscure}, {befog}, {becloud}, {obnubilate}, {haze
         over}, {fog}, {cloud}, {mist}]
      3: billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above
         the houses"
      4: make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with
         sadness"
      5: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
         reputation" [syn: {defile}, {sully}, {corrupt}, {taint},
         {cloud}]
      6: make less clear; "the stroke clouded memories of her youth"
      7: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn:
         {mottle}, {dapple}, {cloud}]
      8: make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which
         it was added"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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