| Engels > Nederlands |
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| cloud |
| 1. wolk |
| Engels > Engels |
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| cloud |
| 1. n. (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill. |
| 2. n. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. |
| 3. n. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. |
| 4. n. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy. |
| 5. n. (figurative) Anything unsubstantial. |
| 6. n. A dark spot on a lighter material or background. |
| 7. n. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying. |
| He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats. |
| 8. n. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud. |
| The comic-book character's thoughts appeared in a cloud above his head. |
| 9. n. (computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing. |
| 10. n. (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud. |
| 11. n. (slang) Crystal methamphetamine. |
| 12. n. A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women. |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight. |
| The glass clouds when you breathe on it. |
| 14. v. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds. |
| The sky is clouded. |
| 15. v. To make obscure. |
| All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue. |
| 16. v. To make less acute or perceptive. |
| Your emotions are clouding your judgement. |
| The tears began to well up and cloud my vision. |
| 17. v. To make gloomy or sullen. |
| 18. v. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character). |
| 19. v. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colours. |
| to cloud yarn |
| 20. v. (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| wolk |
| 1. n-f. cloud |
| 2. n-f. visible mass of atmospheric water |
| De zon verdween achter de wolken. - The Sun disappeared behind the clouds. |
| 3. n-f. visible mass of matter, in the medium air, resembling an atmospheric cloud |
| 4. n-f. visible mass of matter in any medium, resembling an atmospheric cloud |
| Door het gespartel van de kinderen vertroebelde het water van wolken en we konden geen vissen meer zien. - Because of the children's splashing th |
| 5. n-f. (figuratively) paragon of health (said of newborns) |
| Hij is de trotse vader van een wolk van een zoon geworden. - He has become the proud father of a bouncing baby boy. |
