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cloak

/kloʊk/noun, verb1 syllable

Cloak means: cover as if with clothing.

Synonyms for cloak5

verb, as in cover as if with clothing

clothe, drape, robe

verb, as in hide under a false appearance

dissemble, mask

What does cloak mean?5

verb

1

cover as if with clothing“the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”

2

hide under a false appearance“He masked his disappointment”

3

cover with or as if with a cloak“cloaked monks”

noun

1

anything that covers or conceals

2

a loose outer garment

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with cloak?23

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Cloak in a sentence

  • Under the cloak of anonymity, cowards are acting like bigmouths.Tamy
  • Help me on with my cloak, and hand me my sword-belt.Hybrid
  • When customers arrive, they receive their magician's cloak and a magic wand.Hybrid
  • My wallet was stolen in the cloak room.Eldad
  • There's some cloak-and-dagger stuff going on here.soliloquist
  • The prince only wore the ermine cloak once.AlanF_US
  • Ziri enjoyed the playful tug of the breeze at his cloak.always
  • The hills were under a cloak of mist.IMer

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of cloak

as a noun

plural
cloaks

as a verb

past tense
cloaked
present participle
cloaking
third-person singular
cloaks
past participle
cloaked