labial — MW · Shobdo

Examples

Noun

//The sun is shining and there's not a cloud in the sky.
//flying high above the clouds
//It stopped raining and the sun poked through the clouds.
//a cloud of cigarette smoke
//The team has been under a cloud since its members were caught cheating.
//There's a cloud of controversy hanging over the election.

Verb

//greed clouding the minds of men
//These new ideas only cloud the issue further.
//The final years of her life were clouded by illness.

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Synonyms: Verb

becloud bedim befog blacken blear blur darken dim dislimn fog fuzz (up) haze mist obscure overcast overcloud overshadow shadow shroud

Antonyms: Verb

brighten illuminate illumine light (up) lighten

Examples

Noun

//The sun is shining and there's not a cloud in the sky.
//flying high above the clouds
//It stopped raining and the sun poked through the clouds.
//a cloud of cigarette smoke
//The team has been under a cloud since its members were caught cheating.
//There's a cloud of controversy hanging over the election.

Verb

//greed clouding the minds of men
//These new ideas only cloud the issue further.
//The final years of her life were clouded by illness.

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Synonyms: Verb

becloud bedim befog blacken blear blur darken dim dislimn fog fuzz (up) haze mist obscure overcast overcloud overshadow shadow shroud

Antonyms: Verb

brighten illuminate illumine light (up) lighten

Examples

Noun

//The sun is shining and there's not a cloud in the sky.
//flying high above the clouds
//It stopped raining and the sun poked through the clouds.
//a cloud of cigarette smoke
//The team has been under a cloud since its members were caught cheating.
//There's a cloud of controversy hanging over the election.

Verb

//greed clouding the minds of men
//These new ideas only cloud the issue further.
//The final years of her life were clouded by illness.

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

labial — MW · Shobdo