cloak

  • 21cloak — cloakless, adj. /klohk/, n. 1. a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat. 2. something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense: He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy. v.t. 3. to cover with or as if with a cloak: She arrived at the… …

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  • 22cloak — 1. noun a) A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood. Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness. b) A blanket like covering, often metaphorical. 2. verb a) To cover as with a cloak …

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  • 23Cloak —    An upper garment, an exterior tunic, wide and long, reaching to the ankles, but without sleeves (Isa. 59:17). The word so rendered is elsewhere rendered robe or mantle. It was worn by the high priest under the ephod (Ex. 28:31), by kings and… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 24cloak — cloak1 [ klouk ] noun * 1. ) count a long thick loose coat without sleeves, that fastens around your neck 2. ) singular MAINLY LITERARY something that covers or hides something else cloak cloak 2 [ klouk ] verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY to cover …

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  • 25cloak — 1. noun 1) the cloak over his shoulders Syn: cape, poncho, serape, shawl, mantle, wrap, pelisse, burnoose, cope, robe, cowl, djellaba, tippet; cassock, chasuble, pallium; historical cardinal 2) …

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  • 26cloak — 1. noun 1) the cloak over his shoulders Syn: cape, robe, wrap, mantle 2) a cloak of secrecy Syn: cover, veil, mantle, shroud, screen, blanket 2. verb …

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  • 27cloak — [kləʊk] noun I 1) [C] a long coat without sleeves that fastens around your neck 2) [singular] something that covers or hides something else a cloak of secrecy[/ex] II verb [T] cloak [kləʊk] to cover or hide something The whole investigation has… …

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  • 28cloak — [[t]kloʊk[/t]] n. 1) clo a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat 2) something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense 3) to cover with a cloak 4) to hide; conceal • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME cloke (< OF) < ML clocca bell shaped cape …

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  • 29cloak —   Koloka, kīpuka, kīhei, ahu, lulu; holokū (Biblical); pa ipa inahā.    ♦ Feather cloak, ahu ula, hulu ali i …

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  • 30Cloak and Dagger (comics) — Cloak and Dagger Cloak and Dagger #1 (October, 1983). Art by Rick Leonardi. Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics …

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