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verb
To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To cast sorrow or gloom over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
make obscure or unclear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: obscure, bedim
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
become covered with clouds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: cloud over, cloud up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: darken
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English cloud English overcloud From over- + cloud.
