{
    "term": "cloud",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a grey or white mass that floats in the sky, made of very small drops of water",
            "sensetop": "in cloudthrough the clouds",
            "labels": "(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Dark clouds** were gathering in the west."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **cloud cover** is quite dense today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "black/grey clouds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "thick/dense cloud"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun went behind a cloud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was scorching and there wasn't a cloud in the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane was flying in cloud most of the way.",
                    "contextForm": "in cloud"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could see the sun through the clouds.",
                    "contextForm": "through the clouds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rain clouds were looming on the horizon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The clouds broke a little, and the sun came out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thick cloud hung over the moor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were flying above the clouds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "White clouds scudded across the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a layer of high cloud"
                },
                {
                    "text": "skies of broken cloud"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dense", "heavy", "thick"],
                "… of cloud": ["band", "bank", "blanket"],
                "verb + cloud": ["seed"],
                "cloud + verb": ["form", "gather", "mass"],
                "cloud + noun": ["bank", "cover", "layer"],
                "preposition": [
                    "above the clouds",
                    "below the clouds",
                    "through the clouds"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a break in the cloud", "a break in the clouds"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a large mass of something in the air, for example dust or smoke, or a number of insects flying all together",
            "sensetop": "cloud of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dust cloud"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bees flew out of their hives, forming a thick black cloud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They watched the car disappearing in a **cloud of dust**.",
                    "contextForm": "cloud of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I saw an enormous **cloud of smoke** rising over the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sky turned dark as a great cloud of locusts blocked out the sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a great cloud of black smoke"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a thick cloud of steam"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wind blew across the beach, forming clouds of sand."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "huge", "dense"],
                "verb + cloud": ["create", "form", "belch"],
                "preposition": ["cloud of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "something that makes you feel sad or anxious",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her father's illness **cast a cloud over** her wedding day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The only dark **cloud on the horizon** was that they might have to move house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He still has **a cloud** of suspicion **hanging over him**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a network of servers (= computers that control or supply information to other computers) on which data and software can be stored or managed and to which users have access over the internet",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Key company documents are now stored in the cloud, so you no longer need to save them to your computer’s hard drive."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "every sad or difficult situation has a positive side",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be thinking about something that is not connected with what you are doing",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to have ideas, plans, etc. that are not realistic",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely happy",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if somebody is under a cloud, other people think that they have done something wrong and do not trust them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She left the company under a cloud."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klaʊd/",
                "audio": "cl/cloud/cloud__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klaʊd/",
                "audio": "cl/cloud/cloud__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English clūd ‘mass of rock or earth’; probably related to clot. Sense (1) dates from Middle English."
}