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{
"term": "cloud",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a grey or white mass that floats in the sky, made of very small drops of water",
"sensetop": "in cloudthrough the clouds",
"labels": "(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Dark clouds** were gathering in the west."
},
{
"text": "The **cloud cover** is quite dense today."
},
{
"text": "black/grey clouds"
},
{
"text": "thick/dense cloud"
},
{
"text": "The sun went behind a cloud."
},
{
"text": "It was scorching and there wasn't a cloud in the sky."
},
{
"text": "The plane was flying in cloud most of the way.",
"contextForm": "in cloud"
},
{
"text": "She could see the sun through the clouds.",
"contextForm": "through the clouds"
},
{
"text": "Rain clouds were looming on the horizon."
},
{
"text": "The clouds broke a little, and the sun came out."
},
{
"text": "Thick cloud hung over the moor."
},
{
"text": "We were flying above the clouds."
},
{
"text": "White clouds scudded across the sky."
},
{
"text": "a layer of high cloud"
},
{
"text": "skies of broken cloud"
}
],
"topics": ["Weather"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["dense", "heavy", "thick"],
"… of cloud": ["band", "bank", "blanket"],
"verb + cloud": ["seed"],
"cloud + verb": ["form", "gather", "mass"],
"cloud + noun": ["bank", "cover", "layer"],
"preposition": [
"above the clouds",
"below the clouds",
"through the clouds"
],
"phrases": ["a break in the cloud", "a break in the clouds"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a large mass of something in the air, for example dust or smoke, or a number of insects flying all together",
"sensetop": "cloud of something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a dust cloud"
},
{
"text": "The bees flew out of their hives, forming a thick black cloud."
},
{
"text": "They watched the car disappearing in a **cloud of dust**.",
"contextForm": "cloud of something"
},
{
"text": "I saw an enormous **cloud of smoke** rising over the city."
},
{
"text": "The sky turned dark as a great cloud of locusts blocked out the sun."
},
{
"text": "a great cloud of black smoke"
},
{
"text": "a thick cloud of steam"
},
{
"text": "The wind blew across the beach, forming clouds of sand."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "huge", "dense"],
"verb + cloud": ["create", "form", "belch"],
"preposition": ["cloud of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "something that makes you feel sad or anxious",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her father's illness **cast a cloud over** her wedding day."
},
{
"text": "The only dark **cloud on the horizon** was that they might have to move house."
},
{
"text": "He still has **a cloud** of suspicion **hanging over him**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a network of servers (= computers that control or supply information to other computers) on which data and software can be stored or managed and to which users have access over the internet",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Key company documents are now stored in the cloud, so you no longer need to save them to your computer’s hard drive."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "every sad or difficult situation has a positive side",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to be thinking about something that is not connected with what you are doing",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to have ideas, plans, etc. that are not realistic",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "extremely happy",
"labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if somebody is under a cloud, other people think that they have done something wrong and do not trust them",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She left the company under a cloud."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/klaʊd/",
"audio": "cl/cloud/cloud__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/klaʊd/",
"audio": "cl/cloud/cloud__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English clūd ‘mass of rock or earth’; probably related to clot. Sense (1) dates from Middle English."
}