Cloak

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cover with or as with a cloak.
  • Figuratively, to cover up; hide; conceal.
  • Synonyms To hide, conceal, mask, cover, veil, screen.
  • To intrigue; hold secret council.
  • noun. In mollusks, same as mantle or pallium.
  • noun. Properly, a loose outer garment without sleeves, worn by either sex as a protection from the weather: now frequently used, though erroneously, for a sleeved outer wrap worn by women.
  • noun. Figuratively, that which conceals; a cover; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.
  • noun. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
  • noun. a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau.
  • transitive verb. To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
  • noun. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
  • noun. A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
  • verb. To cover as with a cloak.
  • verb. To render invisible via futuristic technology.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cover with or as if with a cloak
  • verb. cover as if with clothing
  • verb. hide under a false appearance
  • noun. anything that covers or conceals
  • noun. a loose outer garment
  • Word Usage
    "The cause of the unity of the cloak (in this sense of ˜cloak™) is just the cause of bronze being made round."
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    Baroque  Coke  Koch  Polk  Stoke  
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    blanket  cape  cloth  frock  glove  
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    alibi  apology  apply to  arm  armor  
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