cloud
noun
1 cloud
Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible.
Roget 353:
bubble,
foam,
froth,
head,
spume,
lather,
suds,
spray,
surf,
yeast,
barm†,
spindrift.
cloud,
vapor,
fog,
mist,
haze,
steam,
geyser;
scud,
messenger,
rack,
nimbus;
cumulus,
woolpack†,
cirrus,
stratus;
cirrostratus,
cumulostratus;
cirrocumulus;
mackerel sky,
mare's tale,
dirty sky;
curl cloud;
frost smoke;
thunderhead.
[Science of clouds]
nephelognosy†;
nephograph†,
nephology†.
effervescence,
fermentation;
bubbling
etc.
v..
nebula;
cloudliness
etc.
(opacity)
426†;
nebulosity
etc.
(dimness)
422.
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Roget 422:
dimness
etc.
adj.;
darkness
etc.
421;
paleness
etc.
(light color)
429.
half light,
demi-jour;
partial shadow,
partial eclipse;
shadow of a shade;
glimmer,
gliming†;
nebulosity;
cloud
etc.
353;
eclipse.
aurora,
dusk,
twilight,
shades of evening,
crepuscule,
cockshut time†;
break of day,
daybreak,
dawn.
moonlight,
moonbeam,
moonglade†,
moonshine;
starlight,
owl's light,
candlelight,
rushlight,
firelight;
farthing candle.
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Roget 334:
gaseity†;
vaporousness
etc.
adj.;
flatulence,
flatulency;
volatility;
aeration,
aerification.
elastic fluid,
gas,
air,
vapor,
ether,
steam,
essence,
fume,
reek,
effluvium,
flatus;
cloud
etc.
353;
ammonia,
ammoniacal gas†;
volatile alkali;
vacuum,
partial vacuum.
[Science of elastic fluids]
pneumatics,
pneumatostatics†;
aerostatics†,
aerodynamics.
gasmeter†,
gasometer†;
air bladder,
swimming bladder,
sound,
(of a fish).
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Roget 338:
air
etc.
(gas)
334;
common air,
atmospheric air;
atmosphere;
aerosphere†.
open air;
sky,
welkin;
blue sky;
cloud
etc.
353.
weather,
climate,
rise and fall of the barometer,
isobar.
[Science of air]
aerology,
aerometry†,
aeroscopy†,
aeroscopy†,
aerography†;
meteorology,
climatology;
pneumatics;
eudioscope†,
baroscope†,
aeroscope†,
eudiometer†,
barometer,
aerometer†;
aneroid,
baroscope†;
weather gauge,
weather glass,
weather cock.
exposure to the air,
exposure to the weather;
ventilation;
aerostation†,
aeronautics,
aeronaut.
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Roget 735:
adversity,
evil
etc.
619;
failure
etc.
732;
bad luck,
ill luck,
evil luck,
adverse luck,
hard fortune,
hard hap,
hard luck,
hard lot;
frowns of fortune;
evil dispensation,
evil star,
evil genius†;
vicissitudes of life,
ups and downs of life,
broken fortunes;
hard case,
hard lines,
hard life;
sea of troubles;
peck of troubles;
hell upon earth;
slough of despond.
trouble,
hardship,
curse,
blight,
blast,
load,
pressure.
pressure of the times,
iron age,
evil day,
time out of joint;
hard times,
bad times,
sad times;
rainy day,
cloud,
dark cloud,
gathering clouds,
ill wind;
visitation,
infliction;
affliction
etc.
(painfulness)
830;
bitter pill;
care,
trial;
the sport of fortune.
mishap,
mischance,
misadventure,
misfortune;
disaster,
calamity,
catastrophe;
accident,
casualty,
cross,
reverse,
check,
contretemps,
rub;
backset†,
comedown,
setback [U.S.].
losing game;
falling
etc.
v.;
fall,
downfall;
ruination,
ruinousness;
undoing;
extremity;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162.
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Roget 530:
camouflage;
mimicry;
hiding place;
secret place,
secret drawer;
recess,
hold,
holes and corners;
closet,
crypt,
adytum†,
abditory†,
oubliette.
ambush,
ambuscade;
stalking horse;
lurking hole,
lurking place;
secret path,
back stairs;
retreat
etc.
(refuge)
666.
screen,
cover,
shade,
blinker;
veil,
curtain,
blind,
cloak,
cloud.
mask,
visor,
vizor†,
disguise,
masquerade dress,
domino.
pitfall
etc.
(source of danger)
667;
trap
etc.
(snare)
545.
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Roget 426:
opacity;
opaqueness
etc.
adj..
film;
cloud
etc.
353.
Roget 424:
shade;
awning
etc.
(cover)
223;
parasol,
sunshade,
umbrella;
chick;
portiere;
screen,
curtain,
shutter,
blind,
gauze,
veil,
chador,
mantle,
mask;
cloud,
mist,
gathering.
of clouds.
umbrage,
glade;
shadow
etc.
421.
beach umbrella,
folding umbrella.
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Polish: dym, obłok, kłębowisko, kłąb, chmura, tuman, kurzawa
2 cloud
A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude.
Dutch: wolk
Polish: chmura, obłok, kłąb
3 cloud
Out of touch with reality.
4 cloud
A cause of worry or gloom or trouble.
5 cloud
Suspicion affecting your reputation.
6 cloud
A group of many things in the air or on the ground:
— Clouds of blossoms.
— It discharged a cloud of spores.
synonym: swarm.
Roget 72:
assemblage;
collection,
collocation,
colligation†;
compilation,
levy,
gathering,
ingathering,
muster,
attroupement†;
team;
concourse,
conflux†,
congregation,
contesseration†,
convergence
etc.
290;
meeting,
levee,
reunion,
drawing room,
at home;
conversazione [It]
etc.
(social gathering)
892;
assembly,
congress;
convention,
conventicle;
gemote†;
conclave
etc.
(council)
696;
posse,
posse comitatus [Lat.];
Noah's ark.
miscellany,
collectanea†;
museum,
menagerie
etc.
(store)
636;
museology†.
crowd,
throng,
group;
flood,
rush,
deluge;
rabble,
mob,
press,
crush,
cohue†,
horde,
body,
tribe;
crew,
gang,
knot,
squad,
band,
party;
swarm,
shoal,
school,
covey,
flock,
herd,
drove;
atajo†;
bunch,
drive,
force,
mulada [U.S.];
remuda†;
roundup [U.S.];
array,
bevy,
galaxy;
corps,
company,
troop,
troupe,
task force;
army,
regiment
etc.
(combatants)
726;
host
etc.
(multitude)
102;
populousness.
clan,
brotherhood,
fraternity,
sorority,
association
etc.
(party)
712.
volley,
shower,
storm,
cloud.
group,
cluster,
Pleiades,
clump,
pencil;
set,
batch,
lot,
pack;
budget,
assortment,
bunch;
parcel;
packet,
package;
bundle,
fascine†,
fasces†,
bale;
seron†,
seroon†;
fagot,
wisp,
truss,
tuft;
shock,
rick,
fardel†,
stack,
sheaf,
haycock†;
fascicle,
fascicule†,
fasciculus [Lat.],
gavel,
hattock†,
stook†.
accumulation
etc.
(store)
636;
congeries,
heap,
lump,
pile,
rouleau†,
tissue,
mass,
pyramid;
bing†;
drift;
snowball,
snowdrift;
acervation†,
cumulation;
glomeration†,
agglomeration;
conglobation†;
conglomeration,
conglomerate;
coacervate [Chem],
coacervation [Chem],
coagmentation†,
aggregation,
concentration,
congestion,
omnium gaterum [Lat.],
spicilegium†,
black hole of Calcutta;
quantity
etc.
(greatness)
31.
collector,
gatherer;
whip,
whipper in.
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Roget 102:
multitude;
numerous
etc.
adj.;
numerosity,
numerality;
multiplicity;
profusion
etc.
(plenty)
639;
legion,
host;
great number,
large number,
round number,
enormous number;
a quantity,
numbers,
array,
sight,
army,
sea,
galaxy;
scores,
peck,
bushel,
shoal,
swarm,
draught,
bevy,
cloud,
flock,
herd,
drove,
flight,
covey,
hive,
brood,
litter,
farrow,
fry,
nest;
crowd
etc.
(assemblage)
72;
lots;
all in the world and his wife.
[Increase of number]
greater number,
majority;
multiplication,
multiple.
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Dutch: massa, menigte, plaag
Polish: mrowie, chmara
verb
1 cloud
Make overcast or cloudy.
synonym: overcast.
Dutch: bewolken
2 cloud
3 cloud
Billow up in the form of a cloud.
4 cloud
Make gloomy or depressed.
5 cloud
6 cloud
7 cloud
Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
synonyms: dapple, mottle.
8 cloud
adjective
Roget 426:
opaque,
impervious to light;
adiaphanous†;
dim
etc.
422;
turbid,
thick,
muddy,
opacous†,
obfuscated,
fuliginous†,
cloud,
hazy,
misty,
foggy,
vaporous,
nubiferous†,
muggy†
etc.
(turbidity)
426.1.
smoky,
fumid†,
murky,
dirty.
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