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BECLOUD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does becloud mean?
• BECLOUD (verb)
The verb BECLOUD has 1 sense:
1. make less visible or unclear
Familiarity information: BECLOUD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make less visible or unclear
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
becloud; befog; cloud; fog; haze over; mist; obnubilate; obscure
Context example:
the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
Hypernyms (to "becloud" is one way to...):
conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "becloud"):
overshadow (cast a shadow upon)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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