cloud

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.