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verb(cloud)to grow cloudy —usually used with over or up
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verb(cloud)to become troubled, apprehensive, or distressed in appearance
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verb(cloud)to become blurry, dubious, or ominous —often used with over
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noun(cloud)a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (such as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet (such as the earth) or moon
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noun(cloud)something resembling or suggesting a cloud: such as
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noun(cloud)a light filmy, puffy, or billowy mass seeming to float in the air
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idiom(cloud)spending too much time thinking about love or about ideas that are not practical
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noun(cloud)the system of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom
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noun(cloud)a funnel-shaped cloud that projects from the base of a thundercloud and that often precedes the formation of a tornado; also : tornado
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noun(cloud)the larger of a small cluster of galaxies that is located 200,000 light-years away from the Milky Way and is visible within 25 degrees of the south celestial pole —called also Magellanic Cloud
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noun(cloud)either of the two nearest galaxies to the Milky Way system
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noun(cloud)large magellanic cloud
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noun(cloud)small magellanic cloud
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noun(cloud)a luminous thin usually colored cloud seen especially at twilight at a height of about 50 miles (80 kilometers)
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noun(cloud)a spherical shell of cometary bodies believed to surround the sun far beyond the orbits of the outermost planets and from which some are dislodged when perturbed to fall toward the sun
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noun(cloud)a pair of small galaxies that is located 200,000 light-years away from the Milky Way and is visible within 25 degrees of the south celestial pole —called also Magellanic Cloud