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| cloak | |
| 1. n. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood. |  |
| 2. n. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical. | |
| Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness. | |
| 3. n. (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext. | |
| Robert South | |
| No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. | |
| 4. n. (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable. | |
| 5. v. To cover as with a cloak. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, figurative) To hide or conceal. | |
| 7. v. (science fiction, ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology. | |
| The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space. | |
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