About The Word Cloak

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Cloak to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Cloak definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Cloak

Cloak Meaning & Definition
Cloak Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cloak?

[n] a loose outer garment
[n] anything that covers or conceals
[v] hide under a false appearance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cloak: dissemble | mask

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cloak: alibi | apology | apply to | arm | armor | becloud | befog | blanket | bless | blind | block | bonnet | boot | breech | camouflage | canopy | cap | cape | champion | clothe | cloud | coat | coif | color | compass about | conceal | concealment | cope | copyright | cover | cover story | cover up | coverage | covering | covert | coverture | cover-up | cowl | cowling | curtain | cushion | defend | device | disguise | dissemble | dissimulate | distract attention from | drape | drapery | dress up | eclipse | ensconce | enshroud | ensure | envelop | excuse | facade | face | feint | fence | fend | film | frock | front | gloss | gloss over | gown | guarantee | guard | guise | handle | hanging | harbor | hat | haven | hide | hood | housing | insure | jacket | keep | keep from harm | keep under cover | lame excuse | lay on | lay over | locus standi | make safe | mantle | mask | muffle | nestle | obduce | obfuscate | obscure | occult | ostensible motive | overcoat | overlay | overspread | pall | patent | police | poncho | poor excuse | pretense | pretension | pretext | protect | protestation | public motive | put on | put-off | refuge | register | ride shotgun for | robe | safeguard | screen | scum | secure | semblance | shade | sham | shelter | shield | shirt | shoe | show | shroud | slur over | smoke screen | sock | spread over | stalking-horse | stocking | stratagem | subterfuge | superimpose | superpose | trick | underwrite | varnish | veil | veneer | vestment | whitewash | wrap

See Also | burnoose | burnous | burnouse | caftan | cape | capote | capuchin | covering | disguise | dolman | domino | hooded cloak | jellaba | kaftan | mantle | opera cloak | opera hood | outer garment | overgarment | pallium | poncho | shawl | toga | tunic | wrap | wrapper

Cloak In Webster's Dictionary

\Cloak\ (?; 110), n. [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st {Clock}.] 1. A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women. 2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. --South. {Cloak bag}, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. --Shak.
\Cloak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloaking}.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. --Spenser. Syn: See {Palliate}.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Maxillary artery ‐ either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery…
  • Optical illusion ‐ an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual…
  • Hinderingly ‐ in an obstructive manner; "he acted very obstructively when we…
  • Quercus rubra ‐ large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed…
  • Pompano ‐ any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and…
  • Flower chain ‐ flowers strung together…
  • Paper electrophoresis ‐ electrophoresis carried out on…
  • Pygmy marmoset ‐ the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of…
  • Pallid bat ‐ drab yellowish big-eared…
  • Beguile ‐ attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"…