cloud
- Noun. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- Noun. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- Noun. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Noun. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- Noun. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- Noun. (computing, with '''the''') The Internet, regarded as an amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- Noun. (figuratively) A negative aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Noun. (slang) crystal methamphetamine.
- Verb. To become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight.
- Verb. To make obscure (e.g. to cloud the issue).
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