Main Entry:

²cloud

Function:

verb

Date:

1562

intransitive verb

1: to grow cloudy —usually used with over or up<clouded over before the storm>2 aof facial features : to become troubled, apprehensive, or distressed in appearance <her face clouded with worry> b: to become blurry, dubious, or ominous —often used with over<the outlook is clouding over>3: to billow up in the form of a cloudtransitive verb1 a: to envelop or hide with or as if with a cloud <smog clouded our view> b: to make opaque especially by condensation of moisture <steam clouded the windows> c: to make murky especially with smoke or mist <smoke clouded the sky>2: to make unclear or confused <cloud the issue>3: taint, sully <a clouded reputation>4: to cast gloom over <cloud prospects for success>