cloak

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cloak

(klōk)

1. A long, loose outer garment, usually having a hood and no sleeves.

2. Something that covers or conceals: a cloak of secrecy.

tr.v. cloaked, cloak·ing, cloaks

To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak: mist that cloaks the mountains. See Synonyms at disguise, hide¹.

[Middle English cloke, from Old North French cloque, cloak, bell (from its shape), from Medieval Latin clocca; see clock¹.]

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cloak

(kləʊk)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a wraplike outer garment fastened at the throat and falling straight from the shoulders

2. something that covers or conceals

vb (tr)

3. to cover with or as if with a cloak

4. to hide or disguise

[C13: from Old French cloque, from Medieval Latin clocca cloak, bell; referring to the bell-like shape]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cloak

(kloʊk)

n.

1. a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.

2. something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense.

v.t.

3. to cover with a cloak.

4. to hide; conceal.

[1175–1225; Middle English cloke (< Old French) < Medieval Latin clocca bell-shaped cape]

cloak

Past participle: cloaked
Gerund: cloaking

Imperative
cloak
cloak

Present
I cloak
you cloak
he/she/it cloaks
we cloak
you cloak
they cloak

Preterite
I cloaked
you cloaked
he/she/it cloaked
we cloaked
you cloaked
they cloaked

Present Continuous
I am cloaking
you are cloaking
he/she/it is cloaking
we are cloaking
you are cloaking
they are cloaking

Present Perfect
I have cloaked
you have cloaked
he/she/it has cloaked
we have cloaked
you have cloaked
they have cloaked

Past Continuous
I was cloaking
you were cloaking
he/she/it was cloaking
we were cloaking
you were cloaking
they were cloaking

Past Perfect
I had cloaked
you had cloaked
he/she/it had cloaked
we had cloaked
you had cloaked
they had cloaked

Future
I will cloak
you will cloak
he/she/it will cloak
we will cloak
you will cloak
they will cloak

Future Perfect
I will have cloaked
you will have cloaked
he/she/it will have cloaked
we will have cloaked
you will have cloaked
they will have cloaked

Future Continuous
I will be cloaking
you will be cloaking
he/she/it will be cloaking
we will be cloaking
you will be cloaking
they will be cloaking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cloaking
you have been cloaking
he/she/it has been cloaking
we have been cloaking
you have been cloaking
they have been cloaking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cloaking
you will have been cloaking
he/she/it will have been cloaking
we will have been cloaking
you will have been cloaking
they will have been cloaking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cloaking
you had been cloaking
he/she/it had been cloaking
we had been cloaking
you had been cloaking
they had been cloaking

Conditional
I would cloak
you would cloak
he/she/it would cloak
we would cloak
you would cloak
they would cloak

Past Conditional
I would have cloaked
you would have cloaked
he/she/it would have cloaked
we would have cloaked
you would have cloaked
they would have cloaked

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Noun	1.	cloak - anything that covers or conceals covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
	2.	cloak - a loose outer garment burnoose, burnous, burnouse - a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors caftan, kaftan - a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant cape, mantle - a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter hooded cloak, capote - a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head capuchin - a hooded cloak for women cope - a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions dolman - a woman's cloak with dolman sleeves domino - a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume jellaba - a loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and northern Africa opera cloak, opera hood - a large cloak worn over evening clothes outer garment, overgarment - a garment worn over other garments pallium - cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome poncho - a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head shawl - cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders toga - a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome tunic - any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees wrap, wrapper - cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
Verb	1.	cloak - hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment" mask, dissemble disguise, mask - make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"
	2.	cloak - cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" robe, clothe, drape spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
	3.	cloak - cover with or as if with a cloak; "cloaked monks" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

cloak

noun

1. cape, coat, wrap, mantle She set out, wrapping her cloak about her.

2. covering, layer, blanket, shroud Today most of England will be under a cloak of thick mist.

3. disguise, front, cover, screen, blind, mask, shield, cover-up, façade, pretext, smoke screen, smoke and mirrors Individualism is sometimes used as a cloak for self-interest.

verb

1. cover, coat, wrap, blanket, shroud, envelop The coastline was cloaked in fog.

2. cover, screen, hide, mask, disguise, conceal, obscure, veil, camouflage He uses jargon to cloak his inefficiency.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

cloak

noun

1. A garment wrapped about a person:

shawl, stole, wrap.

2. A deceptive outward appearance:

color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing.

Slang: put-on.

verb

1. To cover as if with clothes:

clothe, drape, mantle, robe.

2. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure:

clothe, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, infold, invest, shroud, veil, wrap.

3. To prevent (something) from being known:

conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, hush (up), mask, shroud, veil.

Idioms: keep under cover, keep under wraps.

Translations

عَباءَه، مِعْطَف فَضْفاضيُغَطّ بِعَباءَه

аба

plášťpláštěnkapřkrýtzahalit

dækkeindhyllekappeslag

verhüllen Deckmantel Mantel Umhang

κάπα

capa manto ocultar

cape manteau masquer

köpönyeg

dyljaskikkja; hula; skjól

ammantare mantello manto

apsiaustaspridengtirūbinė

aizsegsapmetnisapsegtapslēptsega

hylle inn maske skalkeskjul skinn slør

плащ

ogrinjalo

gizlemekharmaniyeörtmek pelerin

掩盖斗篷遮蔽隐蔽物

cloak

[kləʊk]

A. N → capa f, manto m
under the cloak of darkness (fig) → al amparo de la oscuridad

B. VT (= cover) → cubrir (in, with de) (fig) → encubrir, disimular
a cloaked figure → una silueta envuelta or embozada en una capa

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cloak

[ˈkləʊk]

n → cape f

vt (= conceal) → cacher
to be cloaked in secrecy → être couvert(e) du voile du secretcloak-and-dagger [ˌkləʊkəndˈdægə^r] modif → clandestin(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cloak

n (lit) → Umhang m; (fig: = disguise) → Deckmantel m; (= veil: of secrecy etc) → Schleier m; under the cloak of darkness → im Schutz der Dunkelheit

vt (fig) → verhüllen; fog cloaked the town → die Stadt war in Nebel gehüllt

cloak

cloak-and-dagger

adj → mysteriös, geheimnisumwittert; cloak play → Kriminalstück nt; a cloak operation → eine Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktion

cloakroom

(Brit: for coats) → Garderobe f

(Brit euph) → Waschraum m (euph)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cloak

[kləʊk]

1. n → cappa, mantello
under the cloak of darkness (fig) → sotto il manto delle tenebre

2. vt → avvolgere

cloak

(kləuk) noun

a loose outer garment without sleeves, covering most of the body; something that conceals. a woollen cloak; They arrived under cloak of darkness.

verb

to cover or hide. He used a false name to cloak his activities.

ˈcloakroom noun

1. a room for coats, hats etc.

2. a lavatory. the ladies' cloakroom.

References in classic literature ?

Go on your way, and in a short time you will come to a tree on which sit nine birds who have a cloak in their claws and are quarrelling over it.

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"Here, I don't grudge it- take it!" she said, evidently afraid of her master and yet regretful of her cloak.

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In short, he had reached that supreme moment when the bravest feel a shudder in their veins, when suddenly, in the direction of the Rue de l'Arbre-Sec, the crowd opened, crying: "Long live the coadjutor!" and Gondy, in surplice and cloak, appeared, moving tranquilly in the midst of the fusillade and bestowing his benedictions to the right and left, as undisturbed as if he were leading a procession of the Fete Dieu.

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And you too, old man, for a shirt and a cloak would doubtless make up a very pretty story.

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A SHEPHERD driving his Sheep to a wood, saw an oak of unusual size full of acorns, and spreading his cloak under the branches, he climbed up into the tree and shook them down.

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Through Theresa I have received your message that you need an embroidered cloak to wear, so I will go and purchase one.

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(nobody in this place ever appeared in person if he could help it), and just beyond the office, on the way to the servants' quarters, was the gentlemen's cloak room, the last boundary of the gentlemen's domain.

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The foremost was a man of stern visage, wearing a steeple-crowned hat and a skull-cap beneath it; a dark cloak, and huge wrinkled boots that came half-way up his legs.

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"Take off her cloak," he cried, raising his hand to her neck.

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She rose at once to her feet, and swept her cloak haughtily around her.

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"Not fit to eat; but the skins will do fine to line my old cloak."

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As our charge was wrapped in his cloak, I purposely passed within a boat or two's length of the floating Custom House, and so out to catch the stream, alongside of two emigrant ships, and under the bows of a large transport with troops on the forecastle looking down at us.