Complete Definition of "cloak"

English

Pronunciation
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Noun
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  1. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders, a cape, often with a hood.
  2. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

#:Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.

Derived terms
cloak and dagger

Translations
trans-top|garment worn over the shoulders
Czech: plášť m
Greek: t|el|κά�α|f
trans-mid
Serbian: plašt m, ogrta� m
trans-bottom

trans-top|blanket-like covering, often metaphorical
Czech: plášť m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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ttbc|Spanish: capa f

See also
burnoose, burnous, burnouse
domino costume

Verb
en-verb|cloaks|cloaking|cloaked|cloaked

  1. To cover as with a cloak.
  2. science fiction To render invisible via futuristic technology.

Derived terms
cloaking device

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