cloud-covered
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- adjective
- /klaʊdˈkʌvərd/
:
cubierto de nubes
- Unlike cloud-covered Venus, Mercury is laid bare—heavily cratered and barren.
- a cloud-covered sky
- a cloud-covered moon
Examples
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A dark sphere similar to the Omnivore hovered menacingly over a cloud-covered planet.
Fiction book (2000) -
The dim rays of cloud-covered skies filter into my windows, casting dismal shadows in every corner of every room.
Blog text (28) -
The weak rays of light from the cloud-covered moon.
Fiction book (2002) -
Finally, a sulfurous brown cloud covered all of Triassia.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the dimmest of lights provided by the cloud-covered moon outside, Charlie runs across the dance floor, fighting for an exit to the outside.
Fiction book (1993) -
A heavy cloud covered the sky, squatting on the roofs and the high treetops, and a cold grey light filled the low space.
Fiction book (1998) -
Every time a cloud covered the sun, my dad would say, "Guess we might not see it," in a very solemn tone, and then he perked up the second the sun showed its shining face again.
Academic text (2000) -
He saw her glance stray to the cloud-covered city, perched on a cliff at the rear of the enormous cavern, and he saw her frown.
Fiction book (1991) -
The landscape was obscured by a thick layer of cloud-covered peaks in the distance.
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As we drove through the mountains, we noticed that the entire range was cloud-covered, creating a mystical atmosphere.
Synonyms
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1.0
Sky covered with clouds so it is not sunny
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1.4
Covered with clouds that make the sky look dull and gray
A sky full of clouds that hides the sun
Antonyms
How Cloudy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cloud-covered comes from the two simple words cloud (a 'soft mass in the sky') and cover (to 'hide' or 'spread over'). So imagine the sky wrapped in a cloud like a blanket, which is why cloud-covered means 'covered with or hidden by clouds'.