cloud

Definitions

• (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.
• A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
• Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
• (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
• A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
• A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
• An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
• (computing) The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
• (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
• (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
• A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.