cloak

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: dissemblemaskclothedraperobe

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. anything that covers or conceals
  2. a loose outer garment

Verb (3)

  1. hide under a false appearance“He masked his disappointment”Synonyms: dissemblemask
  2. cover as if with clothing“the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”Synonyms: clothedraperobe
  3. cover with or as if with a cloak“cloaked monks”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cloak \Cloak\ (kl[=o]k; 110), n. [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.]

1.A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women. [1913 Webster]

2.That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. [1913 Webster]

No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.— South.[1913 Webster]

Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Cloak \Cloak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. [1913 Webster]

Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. --Spenser.

Syn: See Palliate. [1913 Webster]

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