/klaʊd/
Translation
A white or grey shape in the sky made of tiny drops of water.
Word origin
From Old English clud, which first meant a mass of rock or hill and later a mass of vapour in the sky.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- clud
Grammar
Examples
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"Cloud" is a shape of water drops floating in the sky.
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"Clouds" is the plural, meaning more than one cloud.
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Here "clouds" are the ones that mean wet weather is coming.
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