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cloak
[klohk]
noun
a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense.
He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.
Synonyms: , ,
verb (used with object)
to cover with or as if with a cloak.
She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet.
to hide; conceal.
The mission was cloaked in mystery.
cloak
/ əʊ /
noun
a wraplike outer garment fastened at the throat and falling straight from the shoulders
something that covers or conceals
verb
to cover with or as if with a cloak
to hide or disguise
Other 51Թ Forms
- cloakless adjective
- undercloak noun
- well-cloaked adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cloak1
Example Sentences
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.
Another intriguing object is an intricately decorated leather cloak not seen in Zambia for more than 100 years.
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.
The bestselling album in America last week came from an experimental British metal band that hides its members’ faces behind cloaks and cybersigil masks.
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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