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cloakest

cloakest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of cloak.

Meaning of cloak

Verb

cloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)

  1. (transitive) To cover as with or like a cloak.
    • He would hold her, just hold her, while his hands soothed the bare skin of her arms and the delicate fabric that cloaked her shoulders and her back.2008, Bronwyn Jameson, Vows & a Vengeful Groom, Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 122
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To cover up, hide or conceal.
    • It’s possible that some microbes don’t just take up residence in tumors but help them grow. They may cloak the tumor from the immune system, neutralize drugs or help tumors spread through the body.2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2022
  3. (ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
    • The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

See all 7 meanings of cloak

Origin of cloakest

cloak + -est

Questions about cloakest

What is cloakest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cloakest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of cloak.

Words near cloakest in the dictionary

  1. cloak-and-sworder
  2. cloak-and-sworders
  3. cloakable
  4. cloaked
  5. cloakedly
  6. cloakest
  7. cloaketh
  8. cloaking
  9. cloaking device
  10. cloaking devices
  11. cloakings

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