clouds

  • (noun): A rock; boulder; a hill.
  • (noun): A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
  • (noun): Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
  • (noun): Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
  • (noun): Anything unsubstantial.
  • (noun): A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
  • (noun): A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
  • (noun): An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
  • (noun): (with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
  • (noun): A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
  • (noun): Crystal methamphetamine.
  • (noun): A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
  • (verb): To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
  • (verb): To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
  • (verb): To make obscure.
  • (verb): To make less acute or perceptive.
  • (verb): To make gloomy or sullen.
  • (verb): To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
  • (verb): To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
  • (verb): To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
  • He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats.
  • The comic-book character's thoughts appeared in a cloud above his head.
  • The glass clouds when you breathe on it.
  • The sky is clouded.
  • All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue.