Meaning of "cloak" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLOAK

From Old French cloque, from Medieval Latin clocca cloak, bell; referring to the bell-like shape.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CLOAK

cloak  [kləʊk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLOAK

Cloak is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cloak in English.

WHAT DOES CLOAK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cloak

A cloak is a type of loose garment that is worn over indoor clothing and serves the same purpose as an overcoat; it protects the wearer from the cold, rain or wind for example, or it may form part of a fashionable outfit or uniform. Cloaks have been used by myriad historic societies; many climates favor wearing a full-body garment which is easily removed and does not constrain the wearer with sleeves. Over time cloak designs have been changed to match fashion and available textiles. Cloaks generally fasten at the neck or over the shoulder, vary in length, from hip all the way down to the ankle, mid-calf being the normal length. They may have an attached hood, and may cover and fasten down the front, in which case they have holes or slits for the hands to pass through. However, cloaks are almost always sleeveless.

Definition of cloak in the English dictionary

The first definition of cloak in the dictionary is a wraplike outer garment fastened at the throat and falling straight from the shoulders. Other definition of cloak is something that covers or conceals. Cloak is also to cover with or as if with a cloak.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CLOAK

PRESENT

Present

I cloak

you cloak

he/she/it cloaks

we cloak

you cloak

they cloak

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

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

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I cloaked

you cloaked

he/she/it cloaked

we cloaked

you cloaked

they 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

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

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will cloak

you will cloak

he/she/it will cloak

we will cloak

you will cloak

they will cloak

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

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 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

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would cloak

you would cloak

he/she/it would cloak

we would cloak

you would cloak

they would cloak

Conditional continuous

I would be cloaking

you would be cloaking

he/she/it would be cloaking

we would be cloaking

you would be cloaking

they would be cloaking

Conditional perfect

I would have cloak

you would have cloak

he/she/it would have cloak

we would have cloak

you would have cloak

they would have cloak

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been cloaking

you would have been cloaking

he/she/it would have been cloaking

we would have been cloaking

you would have been cloaking

they would have been cloaking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you cloak
we let´s cloak
you cloak

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to cloak

Past participle

cloaked

Present Participle

cloaking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CLOAK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cloak» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of cloak

blanket · blind · camouflage · cape · coat · conceal · cover · cover-up · covering · disguise · envelop · front · hide · layer · mantle · mask · obscure · pretext · screen · shield · shroud · smoke and mirrors · smoke screen · veil · wrap

TRANSLATION OF CLOAK

Find out the translation of cloak to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cloak from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cloak» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 斗篷
• Translator English - Spanish: capa
• English: cloak
• Translator English - Hindi: बरसती
• Translator English - Arabic: عباءة
• Translator English - Russian: плащ
• Translator English - Portuguese: manto
• Translator English - Bengali: ছদ্মবেশ
• Translator English - French: cape
• Translator English - Malay: Jubah
• Translator English - German: Umhang
• Translator English - Japanese: マント
• Translator English - Korean: 망토
• Translator English - Javanese: Cloak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: áo choàng
• Translator English - Tamil: அங்கி
• Translator English - Marathi: कपक
• Translator English - Turkish: pelerin
• Translator English - Italian: mantello
• Translator English - Polish: płaszcz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: плащ
• Translator English - Romanian: mantie
• Translator English - Greek: μανδύα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kleed
• Translator English - Swedish: kappa
• Translator English - Norwegian: kappen

10 QUOTES WITH «CLOAK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cloak.

1

Georges Bizet

Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice.

2

Lindy Booth

It's so much easier for me to get up and be someone else than expressing my own thoughts and feelings. There's definitely something about creating a cloak of a character that helped me deal with my shyness.

3

Craig Brown

You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish as any, though their envy tends to cloak itself in piety.

4

Robert Byrd

Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal.

5

Claire Cameron

How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.

6

Willa Cather

The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.

7

Adelbert von Chamisso

My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak.

8

Margaret Cho

The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.

9

Dorothy Day

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile.

10

Feist

When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's almost like casting spells. I don't mean necessarily in the flighty, 'I'm going to go buy a cloak with a hood now' way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOAK»

Discover the use of cloak in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cloak and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Cloak:

They are the self-appointed protectors of the Federation.

S.D. Perry, 2001

The Cloak of Competence

This new edition brings up to date a classic study of the everyday lives of previously institutionalized people with mental retardation.

Robert B. Edgerton, 1993

The Cloak Society

The Cloak Society: An elite organization of supervillains graced with extraordinary powers. Ten years ago the Cloak Society was defeated by Sterling City's superheroes, the Rangers of Justice, and vanished without a trace.

Jeramey Kraatz, 2012

Under a Velvet Cloak

When her daughter is tainted at birth and destined to die early, Kerena begins a quest to save her child Gaw-Two, fathered by her lover Sir Gawain, Knight of the Round Table.

Piers Anthony, 2007

Cloak of Green: The Links Between Key Environmental Groups, ...

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Elaine Dewar, 1995

Cloak & Gown: Scholars in the Secret War, 1939-1961

This edition of the book includes a new preface by Winks.

Robin W. Winks, 1996

Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story

Relates a legend about the Irish slave girl who became Saint Brigid, beginning with a celestial song, a mysterious gift, and a prophecy on the night of her birth.

Bryce Milligan, 2005

You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger

The story follows Hall's experiences from a junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana to his quirky and rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland.

Roger Hall, 2004

The Cloak of Dreams: Chinese Fairy Tales

Strange and fantastical, these fairy tales of Béla Balázs (1884-1949), Hungarian writer, film critic, and famous librettist of Bluebeard's Castle, reflect his profound interest in friendship, alienation, and Taoist philosophy.

Béla Balázs, 2010

A Pied Cloak: Memoirs of a Colonial Police Officer (special ...

Exploring the intrigue and brutality of the officer's position, the book provides insight into security force operations.

Derek Peter Franklin, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOAK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cloak is used in the context of the following news items.

Invisibility Cloak Hides Objects with Slimmer Design

"Previous cloaking studies needed many layers of materials to hide an object, the cloak ended up being much thicker than the size of the object ... «Science World Report, Jul 15»

Predator drops cloak and puts up dukes tomorrow in Mortal Kombat X

Predator only hunts in tropical jungles, right? We don't need to be worried about keeping an eye out for his tell-tale shimmer anywhere else? «Destructoid, Jul 15»

'Serafina and the Black Cloak' book releases trailer

Watch before you read. That's the idea behind the new book trailer released online today for the Asheville young adult novel "Serafina and the ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»

Invisibility cloak aspirations inspire new metasurface material

"We were able to put these coatings around antennas to isolate or cloak them from other antennas, essentially making them invisible in order to ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»

Is Alan Grayson a victim of the MSNBC protective cloak?

It was probably about dozen or so years ago when I first realized this. I recall an interview with a military adviser on FOX News who was ... «SaintPetersBlog, Jul 15»

Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak May Be A Reality

Invisibility isn't just for characters in books and movies or superheroes anymore. The List's Bradley Hasemeyer shows us the latest in cloaking ... «The Denver Channel, Jul 15»

Muslim wife-beaters 'hide behind the cloak of faith'

Muslim men who abuse women take advantage of misconceptions about Islam and use it as an excuse for their actions, say advocates who ... «The Australian, Jun 15»

Wellington's cloak from Waterloo to make £25k

THE mud-spattered cloak which the Duke of Wellington is believed to have worn at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 is expected to sell for around £25,000 at an ... «Daily Echo, Jun 15»

New “corner cloak” directs light around sharp bends

From fun-house mirrors to holograms, we have all experienced incredible optical illusions. Right now, scientists are fascinated by the prospect ... «Ars Technica UK, Jun 15»

No bold color here: Neutral hues cloak this sleek new Uptown home

When Diana and Ed Hertel built their home in the heart of Uptown, they knew how they wanted it to feel: refined and contemporary. The couple ... «Chron.com, Jun 15»