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OVERCLOUD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make obscure or unclear

Example:

The distinction was obscured

Synonyms:

bedim; obscure; overcloud

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "overcloud" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become covered with clouds

Example:

The sky clouded over

Synonyms:

cloud over; cloud up; overcloud

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "overcloud" is one way to...):

darken (become dark or darker)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
It is ----ing

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