clouding

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/ˈklaʊdɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.“The glass clouds when you breathe on it.”
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.“The sky is clouded.”
To make obscure.“All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue.”
To make less acute or perceptive.“The tears began to well up and cloud my vision.”

noun

A cloudy appearance.
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.
A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.

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Synonyms

clouding up existing gloom crizzle lour glooming blotching wind-cloud marbling loom blotchwork sloppery lactescence pellucid shimmer seeming

Associated

daum cornea corneal cataracts delirium consciousness judgement lens oblique fog judgment apex

Rhymes

shrouding cow dung crowding overcrowding strouding cloud hung crowd hung dowding xiao ding

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