cloaking

cloaking is the present participle and gerund of cloak.

Noun

cloaking (countable and uncountable, plural cloakings)

The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
- May 15, 1555, Hugh Latimer, letter to the lovers of God's truth
  to take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings
- I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
The material from which cloaks are made.
- Fcy. goods, cassimeres, cloakings, piece dyes, noils, mohair, and raw stock wool and cotton.1908, Fibre & Fabric, page 21
The technique of presenting search engine spiders with content that differs from that seen by human users, usually for spamdexing purposes.

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

(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
(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
(ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
- The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

plural	cloakings

What does cloaking mean?: Cloaking means the act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
What is cloaking the present participle and gerund of?: Cloaking is the present participle and gerund of cloak.
What part of speech is cloaking?: Cloaking is a noun.
What is the plural of cloaking?: The plural of cloaking is cloakings.

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