Clouding

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cloud \Cloud\ (kloud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouded}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Clouding}.]
     1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky
        is clouded.
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     2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a
        cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
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              One day too late, I fear me, noble lord,
              Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. --Shak.
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              Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks.
                                                    --Milton.
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              Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty
              like prejudice.                       --M. Arnold.
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     3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; --
        esp. used of reputation or character.
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              I would not be a stander-by to hear
              My sovereign mistress clouded so, without
              My present vengeance taken.           --Shak.
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     4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate
        with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
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              And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clouding \Cloud"ing\, n.
     1. A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the
        process of dyeing.
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     2. A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular
        intervals. --Knight.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clouding
       n : the process whereby water particles become visible in the
           sky [syn: {clouding up}]