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BECLOUD

Dictionary entry overview: What does becloud mean?

• BECLOUD (verb)
The verb BECLOUD has 1 sense:

1. make less visible or unclear

Familiarity information: BECLOUD used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BECLOUD (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make less visible or unclear

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

becloud; befog; fog; haze over; obnubilate; obscure; cloud; mist

Context example:

The stars are obscured by the clouds

Hypernyms (to "becloud" is one way to...):

conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "becloud"):

overshadow (cast a shadow upon)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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