noun · 1 syllable · /klaʊd/

CLOUD

What does "CLOUD" mean?

A visible mass of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

A visible mass of condensed water vapour floating in the sky. A single white cloud drifted over the valley.
A network of remote servers for storing and processing data, with 'the'. All our files are backed up to the cloud.
A mass of something suspended in the air, such as dust or smoke. A cloud of dust rose behind the truck.
A source of gloom, worry, or suspicion. The scandal cast a cloud over his career. figurative
To make or become unclear or obscured. Anger clouded his judgement.

The Latin cloud names you still hear on the forecast - cumulus, stratus, cirrus - were invented by an amateur meteorologist, Luke Howard, in 1802.
In Old English, 'clud' meant a rock or a hill; the word only floated up to the sky later, borrowed for the rocky-looking heaps of cumulus.

From Old English 'clūd', which meant a rock or hill; the sense shifted to 'cloud' from the visual likeness of a billowing cumulus to a mass of rock.

CLOUD starts like 'cloudy' and ends with a 'D' - picture the D as a Drop waiting to fall.

Slow white animal-
it grazes the blue all day
and leaves no shadow.

haiku

I told a friend I'd saved everything to the cloud. She looked up and asked which one - it had been raining all week.

A cloud blocks the sun and waters the field with the same grey body.

What does CLOUD mean?

A visible mass of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

Is CLOUD a valid word?

Yes — CLOUD is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.

How many letters is CLOUD?

CLOUD has 5 letters and 1 syllable.

Where does CLOUD come from?

From Old English 'clūd', which meant a rock or hill; the sense shifted to 'cloud' from the visual likeness of a billowing cumulus to a mass of rock.

What can CLOUD teach us?

A cloud blocks the sun and waters the field with the same grey body.

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