cloak
verb/kləʊk/
/kləʊk/
[often passive] (literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cloak | /kləʊk/ /kləʊk/ |
| he / she / it cloaks | /kləʊks/ /kləʊks/ |
| past simple cloaked | /kləʊkt/ /kləʊkt/ |
| past participle cloaked | /kləʊkt/ /kləʊkt/ |
| -ing form cloaking | /ˈkləʊkɪŋ/ /ˈkləʊkɪŋ/ |
- to cover or hide something
- be cloaked (in something) The hills were cloaked in thick mist.
- The meeting was cloaked in mystery.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cloke, dialect variant of cloche ‘bell, cloak’ (from its bell shape), from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’. Compare with clock.
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