cloak
[noun]
Synonyms:
- cape, coat, mantle, wrap
[verb]
Synonyms:
- cover, camouflage, conceal, disguise, hide, mask, obscure, screen, veil

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Antonyms: uncloak
Related Words: blanket, curtain, screen, shroud, veil

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. cloak¹ /kləʊk $ kloʊk/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old North French; Origin: cloque 'bell, cloak', from Medieval Latin clocca 'bell' ( ⇒ clock¹); because of its shape]

1. [countable] a warm piece of clothing like a coat without sleeves that hangs loosely from your shoulders

2. [singular] an organization, activity, or way of behaving that deliberately protects someone or keeps something secret
cloak of
the cloak of secrecy around the affair
cloak for
The political party is used as a cloak for terrorist activities.
under the cloak of something
prejudice hiding under the cloak of religion

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. cloak² verb [transitive usually passive]

1. to deliberately hide facts, feelings etc so that people do not see or understand them – used especially in news reports
cloaked in secrecy/mystery
The talks have been cloaked in secrecy.

2. literary to cover something, for example with darkness or snow
cloak in
hills cloaked in mist
—cloaked adjective:
The riders were cloaked (=they wore cloaks).

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cloak
noun
ADJ. heavy | hooded
VERB + CLOAK be wrapped in | drape, throw She threw a heavy woollen cloak over her shoulders.
draw, pull, wrap He pulled his cloak tightly around himself.
throw off
CLOAK + VERB flow, fly, sweep, swirl a flowing black cloak She stormed off, her cloak flying behind her.
 ⇒ Special page at CLOTHES

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲