Cloud Klaʊd Sun Sky Flying Scorching Dark Noun

• 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.
• her father's illness cast a cloud over her wedding day.

cloud

1. a grey or white mass made of very small drops of water, that floats in the sky
• see also storm cloud
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/storm-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.
2. a large mass of something in the air, for example dust or smoke, or a number of insects flying all together
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
• See related entries: Happiness
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/happiness/cloud_1
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 are suspicious of them
• She resigned under a cloud.

Extra Examples

• Dark clouds were gathering in the west.
• Rain clouds were looming on the horizon.
• She could see the sun through the clouds.
• The cloud cover is quite dense today.
• The clouds broke a little, and the sun came out.
• The wind blew across the beach, forming clouds of sand.
• Thick cloud hung over the moor.
• We were flying above the clouds.
• White clouds scudded across the sky.
• a great cloud of black smoke
• a layer of high cloud
• a thick cloud of steam
• skies of broken cloud
• the mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb
• Above the mountains storm clouds were gathering.
• It was scorching and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
• The sky turned dark as a great cloud of locusts blocked out the sun.
• They watched the car disappearing in a cloud of dust.

Word Origin

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