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cloak

[klohk]

noun

  1. a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.

  2. something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense.

    He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.

    Synonyms: , ,


verb (used with object)

  1. to cover with or as if with a cloak.

    She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet.

  2. to hide; conceal.

    The mission was cloaked in mystery.

cloak

/ əʊ /

noun

  1. a wraplike outer garment fastened at the throat and falling straight from the shoulders

  2. something that covers or conceals

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to cover with or as if with a cloak

  2. to hide or disguise

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cloakless adjective
  • undercloak noun
  • well-cloaked adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cloak1

1175–1225; Middle English cloke (< Old French ) < Medieval Latin cloca, variant of clocca bell-shaped cape, bell; clock 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cloak1

C13: from Old French cloque, from Medieval Latin clocca cloak, bell; referring to the bell-like shape
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Wednesday, Juvenal Solano drove slowly along the cracked roads that border the fields of strawberry and celery that cloak this fertile expanse of Ventura County, his eyes peeled for signs of trouble.

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Another intriguing object is an intricately decorated leather cloak not seen in Zambia for more than 100 years.

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We can't pretend otherwise, and we can't throw a cloak of invisibility over that stuff either; it would be a cultural loss if we did.

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The bestselling album in America last week came from an experimental British metal band that hides its members’ faces behind cloaks and cybersigil masks.

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Now, the story leaves off, still focused on the woman who escaped the bonnet and cloak and not about the trappings of her enslavement.

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