cloak

cloak - English

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  • (US) IPA: /ˈkloʊk/

Noun

cloak (plural cloaks)

  1. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
  2. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
    • Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.
  3. (figurative)  That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], OCLC 964384981, 1 Thessalonians 2:5:
      • For neither at any time vsed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetousnesse, God is witnesse:
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume , 6th edition, London: [] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, [], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
        • No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
    • (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

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    Verb

    cloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)

    1. (transitive) To cover as with a cloak.
    2. (transitive, figurative) To cover up, hide or conceal.
    3. (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
      • The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

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