cloud up

verb

To become cloudy or overcast.

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overcloudcloud over
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Meanings

verbcloud up (third-person singular simple present clouds up, present participle clouding up, simple past and past participle clouded up)

present singular third person clouds up · participle present clouding up · participle past clouded up · past clouded up

  1. climatologyTo become cloudy or overcast.
  2. To become cloudy or clouded.
  3. To become blank or confused due to shock or trauma.
  4. To form a cloud (as in a dust cloud)

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbecome covered with clouds

Similar
overcloudcloud over
Broader
darken
Also see
cloud overovercloud

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

German sich bewölken, sich beziehen
  • sich bewölkento become cloudy or overcast
  • sich beziehento become cloudy or overcast
Greek συννεφιάζω
  • συννεφιάζω (synnefiázo)to become cloudy or overcast
Japanese 曇る くもる
  • 曇る くもるto become cloudy or overcast
Polish chmurzyć się, pochmurnieć
  • chmurzyć sięto become cloudy or overcast
  • pochmurniećto become cloudy or overcast
Portuguese ficar coberto
  • ficar cobertoto become cloudy or overcast
Swedish mulna
  • mulnato become cloudy or overcast
Turkish bulutlanmak
  • bulutlanmakto become cloudy or overcast
Cite this entry
APA

cloud up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20up

MLA

“cloud up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20up. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloud up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20up.

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