Cloak

Noun

 * 1) A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
 * 2) A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
 * 3)  A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

Verb

 * 1) To cover as with a cloak.
 * 2)  To render invisible via futuristic technology.

Adjectives for Cloak

 * (garment) leopard-skin; hooded; constitutional; bad-fitting; ludicrous; tattered; snatched; feathery; dusky; frieze; cardinal; ungathered; shimmering; girlish; sodden; voluminous; long; sweeping; tinseled; mantled ; impervious; full.
 * (cover) brass-bound; clanging; unvarying; vigilant; ingenious; tall; glowing; synchronous; illuminated; noisy; chiming; solemn; dignified; pine; delirious.

Verbs for Cloak

 * bear under—; bury in—; drape—about draw—; envelop in—; fashion—; fasten— garment in—; line—; loose—; pluck off— raise—; spread—; stain—; wrap in— —conceals; —covers; —disguises; —hides; —hoods; —mantles; —masks; —protects; —secretes; —shelters; —warms.

Adverbs for Cloak

 * (cover) constantly; completely; ludicrously; shimmeringly; voluminously; imperviously; perviously; snugly; warmly; comfortably; parsimoniously.

Derived terms
cloaking device; cloak and dagger

Thesaurus
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, cover-up, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, 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

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, Pelerine
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: skikkja, möntull
 * Irish:


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: peleryna
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: плащ, мантия
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: plašt, ogrtač
 * Serbo-Croatian: plašt, pelerina, kep
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: покривало
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: viitta


 * German:
 * Portuguese: véu
 * Russian: покров

Verb

 * Finnish: verhota, verhoutua
 * German:


 * Italian: