clouds
/ˈklæʊ̯dz/UK/ˈklaʊ̯dz/
clouds is the plural of cloud.
clouds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cloud.
Meaning of cloud
Noun
cloud (plural clouds)
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- While he thus ſpake, there came a cloud, and ouerſhadowed them, ⁊ they feared, as they entred into the cloude.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 9:34
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of...2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29
- Anything reminiscent of a cloud.
- The ship moved forward under a cloud of sail.
- Anything which makes things foggy, unclear or gloomy.
- But in one part of the horizon a cloud lay, and the rulers of India were oppressed with a sense of coming disaster. This cloud had begun to form in 1873, and had been continually growing larger; it threw a shadow over gold-debtor nations, and shed a depressing influence over gold-using countries.1898, Edward Frere Marriott, “Papers relating to India”, in Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Indian Currency, No. 37. Memorandum by Captain Edward Frere...
- Anything unsubstantial.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
Phrases with clouds
- clouds up
- cap clouds
- tag clouds
- clouds over
- dark clouds
- fire clouds
- Oort clouds
- rain clouds
- roll clouds
- snow clouds
- star clouds
- wall clouds
61 more phrasesFewer phrases
- word clouds
- anvil clouds
- brain clouds
- brown clouds
- Clouds Creek
- crest clouds
- label clouds
- point clouds
- shelf clouds
- storm clouds
- twain clouds
- banner clouds
- broken clouds
- funnel clouds
- in the clouds
- Wilson clouds
- thunder clouds
- yell at clouds
- clouds of title
- clouds on title
- electron clouds
- mammatus clouds
- mushroom clouds
- nacreous clouds
- revision clouds
- standing clouds
- yells at clouds
- zodiacal clouds
- accessory clouds
- molecular clouds
- yelled at clouds
- hole punch clouds
- inner Oort Clouds
- iridescent clouds
- lenticular clouds
- Magellanic Clouds
- punch hole clouds
- yelling at clouds
- head in the clouds
- Kordylewski clouds
- noctilucent clouds
- yell at the clouds
- heads in the clouds
- interstellar clouds
- yells at the clouds
- yelled at the clouds
- yelling at the clouds
- mother-of-pearl clouds
- old men yell at clouds
- old man yells at clouds
- Local Lynx of Cold Clouds
- old man yelling at clouds
- old men yelling at clouds
- polar stratospheric clouds
- Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds
- wait till the clouds roll by
- old man yelling at the clouds
- old men yelling at the clouds
- waits till the clouds roll by
- waited till the clouds roll by
- waiting till the clouds roll by
Words that rhyme with clouds
Questions about clouds
- What is clouds the plural of?
- Clouds is the plural of cloud.
- How do you pronounce clouds?
- Clouds is pronounced /ˈklaʊ̯dz/ (UK).
Words near clouds in the dictionary
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