noun
cloud
KLOWD
noun
1
A visible mass of water droplets floating in the sky.
"Dark clouds rolled in just before the storm hit."
"Not a single cloud marred the clear blue sky."
2
A mass of dust, smoke, or similar particles hanging in the air.
"A cloud of dust followed the truck down the dirt road."
3
Remote internet-based computing and storage, thought of as an abstract space rather than a physical machine.
"All our files are backed up automatically to the cloud."
verb
1
To make something unclear, gloomy, or hard to see or think about.
"Grief clouded her judgment for months after the loss."
How to Use Cloud
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA mass of water vapor in the sky, or by extension, anything that obscures things — including, today, remote data storage on the internet.
Common pairings
storm cloud
cloud computing
cloud of doubt
cloud storage
Word Forms
clouded past tense, clouds plural, clouds singular
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Etymology
From Old English clūd, originally meaning "rock" or "hill" — the sense shifted to describe cloud formations because they resembled distant hills in the sky.