Cloak

Quick meaning: Cloak is a noun meaning A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
2. (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
3. (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
4. (transitive) To cover as with or like a cloak.
5. (transitive, figurative) To cover up, hide or conceal.
6. (science fiction, ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.

Example Sentences

Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.

The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

For neither at any time vſed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetouſneſſe, God is witneſſe: […]

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.

Word Forms

• cloaks
• cloke
• cloaking
• cloaked

Synonyms for cloak

Depending on context, synonyms include mask, dissemble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mask, dissemble, raincoat, overcoat, coat, jacket.

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