Meaning

15 senses
  1. A 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

  2. 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

  3. Anything reminiscent of a cloud.

    The ship moved forward under a cloud of sail.

  4. Anything which makes things foggy, unclear or gloomy.

    Schleier

  5. (figuratively)Anything unsubstantial.

  6. A dark spot on a lighter material or background.

  7. (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.

  8. 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.

  9. A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).

  10. (with definite article)The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.

    Cloud

    о́блакоóblako

    хма́раxmára

  11. (figuratively)A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.

  12. (slang)Crystal methamphetamine.

Examples

657 sentences
  1. She must be on cloud nine.

    Вона, мабуть, на сьомому небі від щастя. — deniko

    ruОна, наверное, на седьмом небе от счастья. — marafon

  2. There wasn't a cloud in the sky.

    На небі не було жодної хмаринки. — ChickenKiev

    ruНа небе не было ни облака. — odexed

    deDer Himmel war wolkenlos. — cost

  3. What kind of cloud is that?

    Що це за тип хмари? — deniko

    ruЧто это за облако? — marafon

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  4. Not a cloud was to be seen.

    Не було видно ані хмаринки. — deniko

  5. There's not a cloud in the sky.

    На небі нема жодної хмаринки. — ChickenKiev

    ruНа небе ни облачка. — elsteris

    deEs ist keine Wolke am Himmel. — Manfredo

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air:
Русский
By meaning 2
visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air:
group of objects suspended above the ground or flying:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air:
anything which makes things foggy or gloomy:
the Internet:

Origin

From Middle English cloud, from Old English clūd (“mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”), f

From 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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