cloud vs veil

cloud

noun
  • Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy. 

  • Crystal methamphetamine. 

  • A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud. 

  • The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing. 

  • A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women. 

  • A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings) 

  • A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. 

  • Anything unsubstantial. 

  • A dark spot on a lighter material or background. 

  • A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying. 

  • Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. 

  • An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud. 

verb
  • To make less acute or perceptive. 

  • To make gloomy or sullen. 

  • To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way. 

  • To make obscure. 

  • To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight. 

  • To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds. 

  • To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors. 

  • To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character). 

  • Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist. 

veil

noun
  • Anything that partially obscures a clear view. 

  • A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom. 

  • A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. 

  • A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum. 

  • A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head) 

  • The calyptra of mosses. 

  • That which separates the living and the spirit world. 

  • An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation. 

  • velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa). 

  • Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. 

verb
  • To dress in, or decorate with, a veil. 

  • To conceal as with a veil. 

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