a wraplike outer garment fastened at the throat and falling straight from the shoulders something that covers or conceals
to cover with or as if with a cloak to hide or disguise
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
cloak /kloʊk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Clothinga loose outer garment, such as a cape:a beautiful cloak of ermine.
- something that covers or conceals;
disguise:They negotiated under a cloak of secrecy.
v. [~ + object]
- to cover with or as if with a cloak:The magician was cloaked in black silk.
- to hide;
conceal:They cloaked their fear with jokes.
cloak
(klōk),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
cloak′less, adj.
- a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
- something that covers or conceals;
disguise;
pretense:He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.
v.t.
- to cover with or as if with a cloak:She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet.
- to hide;
conceal:The mission was cloaked in mystery.
- Medieval Latin cloca, variant of clocca bell-shaped cape, bell; see clock1
- Old French)
- Middle English cloke (1175–1225
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cover, mask, veil.
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