TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “cloud”

Hear “cloud” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for cloud

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of cloud with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Envisioning the Cloudyou know cloud computing is you talk
Definition summary: (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.

Example 1 of 8

Envisioning the Cloud

you know cloud computing is you talk

[Noun]
(obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.
A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
(figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
(telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).[1]
(cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
(figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
(slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
(Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
(transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
(transitive) To make obscure.
(transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
(transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
(transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
(transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
(intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.