cloud
To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sightTo become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
» She must be on cloud nine.
Она, наверное, на седьмом небе от счастья. — marafon
Вона, мабуть, на сьомому небі від щастя. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
9 senses(intransitive)To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
The glass clouds when you breathe on it.
затума́нитьсяzatumánitʹsja
(transitive)To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
The sky is clouded.
billow up in the form of a cloud
Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
(transitive)To make obscure.
All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue.
verschleiern
затума́ниватьzatumánivatʹ, затума́нитьzatumánitʹ
make milky or dull
(transitive)To make less acute or perceptive.
Your emotions are clouding your judgement.
The tears began to well up and cloud my vision.
make less clear
(transitive)To make gloomy or sullen.
make gloomy or depressed
(transitive)To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
(transitive)To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
to cloud yarn
(intransitive)To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
Examples
657 sentencesShe must be on cloud nine.
Вона, мабуть, на сьомому небі від щастя. — deniko
ruОна, наверное, на седьмом небе от счастья. — marafon
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
What kind of cloud is that?
Що це за тип хмари? — deniko
ruЧто это за облако? — marafon
Not a cloud was to be seen.
Не було видно ані хмаринки. — deniko
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
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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
clouds, clouding, clouded, cloudedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
81 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- on cloud nine
- behind the clouds
- cloud nine
- cloud in the
- be on cloud