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cloak | cloaklike |

As a noun cloak

is a long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

As a verb cloak

is to cover as with a cloak.

As an adjective cloaklike is

resembling or characteristic of a cloak (item of clothing).

cloak

English

(wikipedia cloak)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
  • A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
  • (figurative)  That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
  • * South
    • No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak .
  • (Internet)  A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

    • Derived terms

    * cloak and dagger

    See also

    * burnoose, burnous, burnouse * domino costume

    Verb

  • To cover as with a cloak.
  • (science fiction, ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
    • The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

    Derived terms

    * cloaking device

    cloaklike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a cloak (item of clothing).
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 6, author=Timothy Williams and Abeer Mohammed, title=What Not to Wear, Baghdad-Style: Fashion Rules Begin to Change, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=That was defined for quite some time as any woman who was not wearing an abaya, the cloaklike covering meant to conceal the shape of a woman’s body completely. }}