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cloak
English
Alternative forms
- cloke (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos-, ultimately imitative.
Doublet of clock.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?klo?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
cloak (plural cloaks)
- A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
- (figuratively) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
- No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
- (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
Derived terms
- cloak and dagger
Translations
See also
- burnoose, burnous, burnouse
- domino costume
Verb
cloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)
- (transitive) To cover as with a cloak.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover up, hide or conceal.
- (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
- The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.
Derived terms
- cloaking device
Translations
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concealment
English
Etymology
From Old French concelement (“concealment, secrecy”). Synchronically analyzable as conceal +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?si?lm?nt/
- Hyphenation: con?ceal?ment
Noun
concealment (countable and uncountable, plural concealments)
- The practice of keeping secrets.
- The condition of being hidden or concealed.
- (military) protection from observation or surveillance.
Translations
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