cloak

[US]/kləʊk/
[UK]/kloʊk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a loose outer garment; something used to conceal or hide
vt. to cover or hide something

Phrases & Collocations

hooded cloak

cloak of invisibility

black cloak

velvet cloak

Example Sentences

a cloak of secrecy.

under the cloak of darkness

a cloak lined with fur

drape a cloak over one's shoulders

The history of the family is cloaked in mystery.

mist that cloaks the mountains;

You wear hector’s cloak.

lifting the cloak of secrecy on the arms trade.

they sat cloaked and hooded.

her black cloak streamed behind her.

type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies.

She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.

The invaders attacked under a cloak of fog.

cloaked his anxiety with a smile;

He deceived them under the cloak of religion.

Their cloak of neutrality in the Iran-Iraq war was beginning to wear a bit thin.

She threw a heavy woollen cloak over her shoulders.

she was an introverted soul who cloaked herself in black.

she cloaked her embarrassment by rushing into speech.

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