Definition of Clouding

Noun: clouding  klaw-ding

1. The process whereby water particles become visible in the sky
   - clouding up

1. Make cloudy
   "Fall weather often clouds our beaches";
   - overcast
    
2. Make less visible or unclear
   "The stars are obscured by the clouds";
   - obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, mist
    
3. Billow up in the form of a cloud
   "The smoke clouded above the houses"
    
4. Make gloomy or depressed
   "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
    
5. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
   "cloud someone's reputation";
   - defile, sully, corrupt, taint
    
6. Make less clear
   "the stroke clouded memories of her youth"
    
7. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
   - mottle, dapple
    
8. Make milky or dull
   "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"

See also:
cloudinesses
cloudland

Anagrams containing the word clouding

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