Cloud Klaʊd Dark Sun Flying Thick Noun Gathering

• dark clouds were gathering in the west.
• the cloud cover is quite dense today.
• black/grey clouds
• thick/dense cloud

cloud

1. a grey or white mass that floats in the sky, made of very small drops of water
• SEE ALSO storm cloud
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• Dark clouds were gathering in the west.
• The cloud cover is quite dense today.
• black/grey clouds
• thick/dense cloud
• The sun went behind a cloud.
• It was scorching and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
• The plane was flying in cloud most of the way.
• She could see the sun through the clouds.

Extra Examples

• Rain clouds were looming on the horizon.
• The clouds broke a little, and the sun came out.
• Thick cloud hung over the moor.
• We were flying above the clouds.
• White clouds scudded across the sky.
• a layer of high cloud
• skies of broken cloud
• Above the mountains storm clouds were gathering.
2. a large mass of something in the air, for example dust or smoke, or a number of insects flying all together
• SEE ALSO mushroom cloud
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mushroom-cloud
• a dust cloud
• The bees flew out of their hives, forming a thick black cloud.
• They watched the car disappearing in a cloud of dust.
• I saw an enormous cloud of smoke rising over the city.
• The sky turned dark as a great cloud of locusts blocked out the sun.

Extra Examples

• a great cloud of black smoke
• a thick cloud of steam
• The wind blew across the beach, forming clouds of sand.
3. something that makes you feel sad or anxious
• Her father's illness cast a cloud over her wedding day.
• The only dark cloud on the horizon was that they might have to move house.
• He still has a cloud of suspicion hanging over him.
4. a network of servers (= computers that control or supply information to other computers) on which data and software can be stored or managed and to which users have access over the internet
• Key company documents are now stored in the cloud, so you no longer need to save them to your computer’s hard drive.
5. every sad or difficult situation has a positive side
6. to be thinking about something that is not connected with what you are doing
7. to have ideas, plans, etc. that are not realistic
8. extremely happy
9. if somebody is under a cloud, other people think that they have done something wrong and do not trust them
• She left the company under a cloud.

Word Origin

• Old English clūd ‘mass of rock or earth’; probably related to clot. Sense (1) dates from Middle English.