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| cloak [ klōk ] |
noun (plural cloaks) |
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1. outer garment: a loose sleeveless outer garment that fastens at the neck
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2. enshrouding object or force: something that covers or conceals things
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formal
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 left under a cloak of secrecy
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transitive verb (past and past participle cloaked, present participle cloak·ing, 3rd person present singular cloaks) |
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enshroud something: to cover or conceal something
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often passive
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| [13th century. Via Old French cloque "bell, cloak" < medieval Latin clocca] |
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