Cloud
41Cloud — The Hebrew so rendered means a covering, because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10; 33:9; Num. 11:25; 12:5; Job 22:14; Ps. 18:11).… …
42cloud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haze (see cloudiness, obscurity); flight (see assemblage). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fog at a distance from the earth] Syn. haze, mist, rack, fogginess, haziness, film, puff, billow, frost, nebula,… …
43cloud — [[t]klaʊd[/t]] n. 1) mer a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usu. at an elevation above the earth s surface 2) any similar mass, esp. of smoke or dust 3) a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or… …
44cloud — {{11}}cloud (n.) O.E. clud mass of rock, related to CLOD (Cf. clod). Metaphoric extension 13c. based on similarity of cumulus clouds and rock masses. O.E. word for cloud was weolcan. In M.E., skie also originally meant cloud. The four fundamental …
45cloud*/*/*/ — [klaʊd] noun [C] I 1) a white or grey mass of drops of water in the sky a few white clouds in the sky[/ex] There s more cloud than yesterday.[/ex] 2) a large amount of something such as smoke or dust in the air a huge cloud of black smoke[/ex] 3) …
46cloud — As the giver of necessary rain, clouds were regarded with awe in ancient Israel, and God is celebrated as dwelling in them (Ps. 68:4). In the J tradition the people are said to be led by Yahweh in the form of a pillar of cloud (Exod. 13:21) which …
47cloud — noun 1》 a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground. ↘an indistinct or billowing mass, especially of smoke or dust. 2》 a state or cause of gloom or anxiety. 3》 an… …
48cloud — [OE] In Old English the word for ‘cloud’ was weolcen (whence modern English welkin, a poetical term for ‘sky’), which is related to German wolke ‘cloud’. At that time Old English clūd, the ancestor of cloud, meant ‘mass of rock, hill’ (it is… …
49cloud — 1. noun 1) dark clouds Syn: storm cloud, cloudbank, cloud cover; mackerel sky 2) a cloud of exhaust smoke Syn: mass, billow; pall, mantle, blanket 2. verb 1) th …
50cloud — n. 1) to disperse clouds (the strong wind dispersed the clouds) 2) dark; heavy, thick; high; scattered; threatening clouds 3) rain, storm clouds; thunderclouds 4) a mushroom; radioactive cloud 5) clouds form; gather 6) clouds scud across the sky… …