Meaning
15 sensesA visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
Wolke, Gewölk, Wulche
о́блакоóblako, ту́чаtúča, ройroj
хма́раxmára
a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
Wolke
о́блакоóblako, ту́чаtúča
any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
Anything reminiscent of a cloud.
The ship moved forward under a cloud of sail.
Anything which makes things foggy, unclear or gloomy.
Schleier
(figuratively)Anything unsubstantial.
A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
(collective)A group or swarm of insects, various animals or people, especially when flying.
He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats.
An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
The comic-book character's thoughts appeared in a cloud above his head.
A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
(with definite article)The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
Cloud
о́блакоóblako
хма́раxmára
(figuratively)A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
(slang)Crystal methamphetamine.
Examples
657 sentencesShe must be on cloud nine.
Вона, мабуть, на сьомому небі від щастя.
ruОна, наверное, на седьмом небе от счастья.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
На небі не було жодної хмаринки.
ruНа небе не было ни облака.
deDer Himmel war wolkenlos.
What kind of cloud is that?
Що це за тип хмари?
ruЧто это за облако?
Not a cloud was to be seen.
Не було видно ані хмаринки.
There's not a cloud in the sky.
На небі нема жодної хмаринки.
ruНа небе ни облачка.
deEs ist keine Wolke am Himmel.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cloud, from Old English clūd (“mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”), fFrom Middle English cloud, from Old English clūd (“mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, *klutaz (“lump, mass, conglomeration”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, clench”).
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Forms
plural: cloudsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a group of many things in the air or on the ground:swarm
Word family
126 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- on cloud nine
- behind the clouds
- cloud nine
- cloud in the
- be on cloud