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Cloak

//ˈkloʊk// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

    "‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’"

  2. 2
    a loose outer garment wordnet
  3. 3
    A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

    "Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness."

  4. 4
    anything that covers or conceals wordnet
  5. 5
    That which conceals; a disguise or pretext. figuratively

    "For neither at any time vſed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetouſneſſe, God is witneſſe: […]"

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  1. 6
    A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable. Internet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cover as with or like a cloak. transitive

    "He would hold her, just hold her, while his hands soothed the bare skin of her arms and the delicate fabric that cloaked her shoulders and her back."

  2. 2
    cover with or as if with a cloak wordnet
  3. 3
    To cover up, hide or conceal. figuratively, transitive

    "It’s possible that some microbes don’t just take up residence in tumors but help them grow. They may cloak the tumor from the immune system, neutralize drugs or help tumors spread through the body."

  4. 4
    cover as if with clothing wordnet
  5. 5
    To render or become invisible via futuristic technology. ambitransitive

    "The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space."

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  1. 6
    hide under a false appearance wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of cloche and clock.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of cloche and clock.

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