cloud : Idioms & Phrases


altocumulus cloud

  • noun a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
    altocumulus.
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altostratus cloud

  • noun a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
    altostratus.
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be on cloud nine

  • verb feel extreme happiness or elation
    walk on air; exult; jump for joy.
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cirrocumulus cloud

  • noun a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples
    cirrocumulus.
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cirrostratus cloud

  • noun a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude
    cirrostratus.
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cirrus cloud

  • noun a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
    cirrus.
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cloud bank

  • noun a layer of clouds seen from a distance
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cloud chamber

  • noun apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
    cloud chamber.
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cloud cover

  • noun the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
    cloudiness; overcast.
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cloud grass

  • noun Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets
    Agrostis nebulosa.
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cloud nine

  • noun a state of extreme happiness
    blissfulness; bliss; seventh heaven; walking on air.
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Cloud on a (or the) title

  • (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation.
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cloud over

  • verb become covered with clouds
    cloud over; overcloud.
    • The sky clouded over
  • verb become overcast
    • the sky clouded over
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cloud seeder

  • noun a person who seeds clouds
    seeder.
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cloud up

  • verb become covered with clouds
    cloud over; overcloud.
    • The sky clouded over
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cloud-built

Cloud"-built adjective
Definitions
  1. Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary. Cowper.
    So vanished my cloud-built palace. Goldsmith.
Webster 1913

cloud-burst

Cloud"-burst` noun
Definitions
  1. A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
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cloud-capped

Cloud"-capped` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.
Webster 1913

cloud-compeller

Cloud"-com*pel`ler noun
Definitions
  1. Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. Poetic. Pope.
Webster 1913

cloud-covered

  • adjective satellite filled or abounding with clouds
    overcast; clouded; sunless.
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cloud-cuckoo-land

  • noun an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality
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clouding up

  • noun the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky
    clouding.
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cumulonimbus cloud

  • noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
    thundercloud; cumulonimbus.
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cumulus cloud

  • noun a globular cloud
    cumulus.
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dust cloud

  • noun a cloud of dust suspended in the air
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head-in-the-clouds

  • adjective satellite guided by whim and fancy
    flighty; flyaway; scatterbrained.
    • flighty young girls
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In the clouds

  • in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.
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large magellanic cloud

  • noun the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere
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magellanic cloud

  • noun either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole
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Magellenic clouds

  • (Astron.), three conspicuous nebulæ near the south pole, resembling thin white clouds.
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mother-of-pearl cloud

  • noun a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon
    mother-of-pearl cloud.
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mushroom cloud

  • noun a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
    mushroom cloud; mushroom.
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mushroom-shaped cloud

  • noun a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
    mushroom cloud; mushroom.
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nacreous cloud

  • noun a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon
    mother-of-pearl cloud.
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nimbus cloud

  • noun a dark grey cloud bearing rain
    nimbus; nimbus cloud.
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oort cloud

  • noun (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun
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rain cloud

  • noun a dark grey cloud bearing rain
    nimbus; nimbus cloud.
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red cloud

  • noun leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)
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saint cloud

  • noun a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries
    Saint Cloud.
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small magellanic cloud

  • noun the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere
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st. cloud

  • noun a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries
    Saint Cloud.
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storm cloud

  • noun a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm
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stratus cloud

  • noun a large dark low cloud
    stratus.
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To be under a cloud

  • to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor.
Webster 1913

Twain cloud

  • . (Meteor.) Same as Cumulo-stratus.
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war cloud

  • noun an ominous sign that war threatens
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wilson cloud chamber

  • noun apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
    cloud chamber.
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