Cloak - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kləʊk|
Brit.
|kləʊk|
noun
- anything that covers or conceals
- a loose outer garment
- a loose outer garment
verb
- hide under a false appearance (syn: dissemble, mask)
- cover as if with clothing (syn: clothe, drape, robe)
- cover with or as if with a cloak
- cover as if with clothing (syn: clothe, drape, robe)
- cover with or as if with a cloak
cloaked monks
Extra examples
Their plans were shrouded in a cloak of secrecy.
...the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal family...
...the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory...
...cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world...
She was cloaked in red wool.
The actress's life was cloaked in mystery.
The political party is used as a cloak for terrorist activities.
The talks have been cloaked in secrecy.
The riders were cloaked (=they wore cloaks).
He wore a silk cloak over a finely embroidered robe.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: cloak
he/she/it: cloaks
present participle: cloaking
past tense: cloaked
past participle: cloaked
I/you/we/they: cloak
he/she/it: cloaks
present participle: cloaking
past tense: cloaked
past participle: cloaked
noun
singular: cloak
plural: cloaks
singular: cloak
plural: cloaks
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