Cloud
noun
A white or gray mass in the sky that is made of many very small drops of water.
Look at the beautiful clouds in the sky.
Often appears as...
- white cloud
- rain cloud
noun
A state or cause of sadness, worry, or anger.
His death has cast a cloud over the celebration.
Often appears as...
- dark cloud
- cloud of doubt
noun
An internet-based storage for files and applications.
We store all our business documents in the cloud.
Often appears as...
- cloud storage
- cloud computing
verb
To make something less clear or easy to understand.
His emotional reaction clouded his judgment.
Often appears as...
- cloud judgment
- cloud vision
verb
To make something less enjoyable or pleasant.
The news of her illness clouded the festive atmosphere.
Often appears as...
- cloud atmosphere
- cloud enjoyment
noun
A group of things (such as smoke or dust) that move together in a loose, disorganized way.
A cloud of dust rose as the truck sped down the dirt road.
Often appears as...
- cloud of smoke
- cloud of dust
noun
A white or gray mass in the sky that is made of many very small drops of water.
Look at the beautiful clouds in the sky.
Often appears as...
- white cloud
- rain cloud
noun
A state or cause of sadness, worry, or anger.
His death has cast a cloud over the celebration.
Often appears as...
- dark cloud
- cloud of doubt
noun
An internet-based storage for files and applications.
We store all our business documents in the cloud.
Often appears as...
- cloud storage
- cloud computing
verb
To make something less clear or easy to understand.
His emotional reaction clouded his judgment.
Often appears as...
- cloud judgment
- cloud vision
verb
To make something less enjoyable or pleasant.
The news of her illness clouded the festive atmosphere.
Often appears as...
- cloud atmosphere
- cloud enjoyment
noun
A group of things (such as smoke or dust) that move together in a loose, disorganized way.
A cloud of dust rose as the truck sped down the dirt road.
Often appears as...
- cloud of smoke
- cloud of dust
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Pro Tip 1/2Weather Indicator
Cloud types help predict weather; 'cumulus' suggests fair weather, while 'nimbus' signals rain.
Those cumulus clouds indicate a sunny day ahead.
Pro Tip 2/2Sky Descriptions
Use different adjectives with 'cloud' to describe the sky, such as 'overcast' for a fully clouded sky.
The sky is overcast; I doubt we'll see the sun today.
Pro Tip 1/2Weather Indicator
Cloud types help predict weather; 'cumulus' suggests fair weather, while 'nimbus' signals rain.
Those cumulus clouds indicate a sunny day ahead.
Pro Tip 2/2Sky Descriptions
Use different adjectives with 'cloud' to describe the sky, such as 'overcast' for a fully clouded sky.
The sky is overcast; I doubt we'll see the sun today.
Pro Tip 1/2Weather Indicator
Cloud types help predict weather; 'cumulus' suggests fair weather, while 'nimbus' signals rain.
Those cumulus clouds indicate a sunny day ahead.
Pro Tip 2/2Sky Descriptions
Use different adjectives with 'cloud' to describe the sky, such as 'overcast' for a fully clouded sky.
The sky is overcast; I doubt we'll see the sun today.
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Video examples
Why aren't we only using...
Solar panels can use all types of irradiance, while solar towers can only use direct irradiance, and this is where clouds become important because depending on their type and location relative to the sun, they can either increase or decrease the amount of electricity produced.
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Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
seconds change direction in a heartbeat and their devastation can last a lifetime exactly how and why tornadoes occur is still a bit of a mystery but an indication that one is forming is a wall cloud fast-moving winds roll air below into a horizontal vortex above opposing
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Fred Jansen: How to land...
To escort and land the probe on a comet, this has been my passion for the past two years. In order to do that, I need to explain to you something about the origin of the solar system. When we go back four and a half billion years, there was a cloud of gas and dust.
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How do dogs "see" with...
or with aggression to threats because stress and anger manifest as a cloud of hormones recognizable to the dog's nose. With the proper training, they can even alert us to invisible threats ranging from bombs to cancer. As it turns out, humanity's best friend
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The power of the placebo...
they may miss out on drugs or therapies that are proven to work. Plus, the positive effects may fade over time, and often do. Placebos also cloud clinical results, making scientists even more motivated to discover how they wield such power over us.
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Where did Earth’s water...
these new elements were spread across the universe and combined into new compounds, like the now familiar H2O. These water molecules were present in the dusty cloud that formed our solar system and more collided with our planet after its formation.
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How did clouds get their...
cumulus, heap or pile, and stratus, layer or sheet. But that wasn't the clever part. Clouds are constantly changing, merging, rising, falling, and spreading throughout the atmosphere, rarely maintaining the same shapes for more than a few minutes.
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Cloudy climate change:...
and without clouds, there'd be no fresh water. The climate would be much hotter, and there would be no life. So we owe our existence to aerosol particles. However, despite their importance, how aerosol particles form in the atmosphere
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Why I think inside the...
sea and she's spitting the darkness into one hand she has clouds coming out of her other hand and her hands are like scales kind of like the earth and cosmos and balance
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Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
clouds of plankton makeup worldwide half of life on Earth
Video examples
Why aren't we only using...
Solar panels can use all types of irradiance, while solar towers can only use direct irradiance, and this is where clouds become important because depending on their type and location relative to the sun, they can either increase or decrease the amount of electricity produced.
Video examples
Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
seconds change direction in a heartbeat and their devastation can last a lifetime exactly how and why tornadoes occur is still a bit of a mystery but an indication that one is forming is a wall cloud fast-moving winds roll air below into a horizontal vortex above opposing
Video examples
Fred Jansen: How to land...
To escort and land the probe on a comet, this has been my passion for the past two years. In order to do that, I need to explain to you something about the origin of the solar system. When we go back four and a half billion years, there was a cloud of gas and dust.
Video examples
How do dogs "see" with...
or with aggression to threats because stress and anger manifest as a cloud of hormones recognizable to the dog's nose. With the proper training, they can even alert us to invisible threats ranging from bombs to cancer. As it turns out, humanity's best friend
Video examples
The power of the placebo...
they may miss out on drugs or therapies that are proven to work. Plus, the positive effects may fade over time, and often do. Placebos also cloud clinical results, making scientists even more motivated to discover how they wield such power over us.
Video examples
Where did Earth’s water...
these new elements were spread across the universe and combined into new compounds, like the now familiar H2O. These water molecules were present in the dusty cloud that formed our solar system and more collided with our planet after its formation.
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
cumulus, heap or pile, and stratus, layer or sheet. But that wasn't the clever part. Clouds are constantly changing, merging, rising, falling, and spreading throughout the atmosphere, rarely maintaining the same shapes for more than a few minutes.
Video examples
Cloudy climate change:...
and without clouds, there'd be no fresh water. The climate would be much hotter, and there would be no life. So we owe our existence to aerosol particles. However, despite their importance, how aerosol particles form in the atmosphere
Video examples
Why I think inside the...
sea and she's spitting the darkness into one hand she has clouds coming out of her other hand and her hands are like scales kind of like the earth and cosmos and balance
Video examples
Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
clouds of plankton makeup worldwide half of life on Earth
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Quote examples
Joy Harjo
American Poet
When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.
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Janine Shepherd
Australian Athlete
We can think so much about life and take ourselves so seriously; I mean, I like to tell people, 'Don't take life too seriously' because you'll cloud the experience. That's what the meaning of life is to me - being able to enjoy the moment.
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Aaron Pedersen
Australian Actor
I've always said I was born in the storm. I just had to find a way out of it, find the clearing, and believe the clouds would blow away and the darkness would become something else.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.
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Chanakya
Indian Politician
O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
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Marc Benioff
American Businessman
I think everybody understands how important the cloud is.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.
Quote examples
Joy Harjo
American Poet
When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.
Quote examples
Janine Shepherd
Australian Athlete
We can think so much about life and take ourselves so seriously; I mean, I like to tell people, 'Don't take life too seriously' because you'll cloud the experience. That's what the meaning of life is to me - being able to enjoy the moment.
Quote examples
Aaron Pedersen
Australian Actor
I've always said I was born in the storm. I just had to find a way out of it, find the clearing, and believe the clouds would blow away and the darkness would become something else.
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.
Quote examples
Chanakya
Indian Politician
O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
Quote examples
Martin Luther
German Leader
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
Quote examples
Alexander Pope
English Poet
Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
Quote examples
Marc Benioff
American Businessman
I think everybody understands how important the cloud is.
Quote examples
Francois Hollande
French Statesman
We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.
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