About The Word Cloak

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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}.

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