cloud
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- noun
- /klaʊd/
- The car comes to rest in a big cloud of smoke.
- a cloud of dust
- a cloud of smoke
- a cloud of insects
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Examples
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The bus arrived in a cloud of exhaust, and they got on it.
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Vicky thundered up a storm cloud of dust as she marched up to the plate.
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The morning wind was already raising dust clouds when they left the ship.
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The truck barely misses him, kicking up a cloud of dust in its wake.
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Perhaps two hundred yards from them, a huge cloud of dust wells up from behind big boulders.
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Wow, they're just a delicious cloud of tasty goodness.
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As I walked into the old barn, I stirred up a cloud of dust that shimmered in the sunlight.
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The children laughed and ran through a cloud of colorful flower petals that filled the air.
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When the fire started, it created a thick cloud of smoke that billowed into the sky.
Synonyms
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A cloud of tiny particles and gas made by burning something
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A large group of insects or people moving together without control
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A large mass of smoke in the air from a fire
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A visible cloud of fine dust hanging in the air
Antonyms
Idioms
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Make someone unable to think clearly because of strong feelings or outside pressure
Compounds
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A distant shell around the solar system filled with small icy objects that send comets toward the Sun
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A large white fluffy cloud with a rounded top and flat base often seen in fair weather
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One of two small irregular galaxies near the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere
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A thin, high cloud made of tiny bits of ice that looks like white streaks in the sky
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A nearby irregular galaxy visible from the southern sky that orbits the Milky Way
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A very tall dark cloud that brings heavy rain, thunder, and lightning
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An imaginary place where people are out of touch with reality because they are too optimistic
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A small irregular galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see from the Southern Hemisphere
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A device that shows the paths of tiny invisible particles as thin white streaks in a mist
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A low, flat gray cloud layer that often covers the sky and brings light drizzle
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A large cloud shaped like a mushroom that rises after a powerful explosion
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A small, thin white cloud high in the sky that looks like tiny ripples
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A high cloud that looks shiny with rainbow colors around sunrise or after sunset
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A thin, high cloud layer that often covers the sky and sometimes makes a halo around the sun or moon
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A gray or blue cloud layer in the middle sky that often covers most of it and brings light rain
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A device that makes vapor tracks to show where tiny charged particles move
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cloud can mean a large group of small things because many tiny bits together form a single 'mass', so a cloud of dust or insects looks like a lump moving through the air.