cloud
noun
[ klaʊd ]
• a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground.
• "the sun had disappeared behind a cloud"
• used to refer to a state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry.
• "the only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage"
Similar:
threat,
menace,
shadow,
spectre,
blight,
gloom,
darkness,
chill,
pall,
trouble,
problem,
worry,
• networked computing facilities providing remote data storage and processing services via the internet.
• "there's a rich, complex, shared data store in the cloud"
cloud
verb
• (of the sky) become overcast or gloomy.
• "the blue skies clouded over abruptly"
Similar:
become cloudy,
cloud over,
become overcast,
become gloomy,
grow dim,
lour,
blacken,
darken,
dim,
• make or become less clear or transparent.
• "blood pumped out, clouding the water"
• (of someone's face or eyes) show an emotion such as worry, sorrow, or anger.
• "his expression clouded over"
Origin:
Old English clūd ‘mass of rock or earth’; probably related to clot. cloud (sense 1 of the noun) dates from Middle English.
