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cloak

noun
/ˈkloʊk/US

Etymology

From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of cloche and clock.

  1. derived from *klokkos✻
  2. derived from clocca — “travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”
  3. derived from cloque
  4. derived from cloke

Definitions

  1. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back

    A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

    • ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’

  2. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

    • Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.

  3. That which conceals

    That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

    • For neither at any time vſed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetouſneſſe, God is witneſſe: […]
    • And no Man is eſteemed any ways conſiderable for Policy, who wears Religion otherwiſe than as a Cloak; that is, as ſuch a Garment as may both cover and keep him warm, and yet hang looſe upon him too.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less…

      A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

    2. To cover as with or like a cloak.

      • He would hold her, just hold her, while his hands soothed the bare skin of her arms and the delicate fabric that cloaked her shoulders and her back.

    3. To cover up, hide or conceal.

      • It’s possible that some microbes don’t just take up residence in tumors but help them grow. They may cloak the tumor from the immune system, neutralize drugs or help tumors spread through the body.

    4. To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.

      • The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

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Derived

becloak, boat cloak, cloak-and-dagger, cloak-and-sworder, cloak bag, cloaked, cloak fern, cloakless, cloaklet, cloaklike, cloakmaker, cloakmaking, cloak room, cloakroom, cloakwise, decloak, discloak, drunkard's cloak, mourning cloak, Newcastle cloak, opera cloak, overcloak, turncloak, undercloak, uncloak, cloakable, cloaking device, recloak

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cloak. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01cloak02disguise03masks04mask05likeness06guise

A definitional loop anchored at cloak. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at cloak

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA