Betekenis van cloud In het Nederlands

• 0 a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops of water:

  • Do you think those are rain clouds on the horizon?

  • The sky was a perfect blue - not a cloud in sight.

  • Dark clouds massed on the horizon.

  • UK There was so much cloud, we couldn't see anything.

• 1 a mass of something such as dust or smoke that looks like a cloud:

  • On the eastern horizon, a huge cloud of smoke from burning oil tanks stretched across the sky.

  • The initial cloud of tear gas had hardly cleared before shots were fired.

• 2 a computer network where files and programs can be stored, especially the internet:

  • All the photographs are kept on the cloud rather than on hard drives.

• 3 If something transparent clouds, or if something clouds it, it becomes difficult to see through.

  • When it came to explaining the lipstick on his collar, he found that drink had clouded (= confused) his memory.

• 4 a white or gray mass of very small drops of water or ice that float in the sky:

  • [ C ] Those dark clouds look like we’re going to get some rain.

  • The distant cloud of dust in the valley announced the approach of a car.

  • [ C ] After the diagnosis of cancer, she lived under a cloud.

• 5 to fill with clouds or with something that looks like a cloud:

  • [ T ] Smoke clouded the sky.

  • The fact that Jack was an old friend clouded her judgment.