Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 73
Closet (n.) A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. -- Dryden.
Closet sin, Sin commited in privacy. -- Bp. Hall.
Closeting (imp. & p. pr. & vb. n.) of Closet.
Closet (v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.]
Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. -- Cowper.
Closet (v. t.) To make into a closet for a secret interview.
He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. -- Bancroft.
He had been closeted with De Quadra. -- Froude.
Closet (n.) A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space [syn: cupboard, closet].
Closet (n.) A toilet in Britain [syn: water closet, closet, W.C., loo].
Closet (n.) A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: wardrobe, closet, press].
Closet (n.) A small private room for study or prayer.
Closet (v.) Confine to a small space, as for intensive work.
Closet, () As used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12: 24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Matt. 6:6; Luke 12:3).
Close-tongued (a.) Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." -- Shak.
Closh (n.) A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis. -- Crabb.
Closh (n.) The game of ninepins. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Closure (n.) The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.
Closure (n.) That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. -- Pope.
Closure (n.) That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.
O thou bloody prison . . . Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to death. -- Shak.
Closure (n.) A conclusion; an end.
Closure (n.) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.
Closure (n.) (Math.) The property of being mathematically closed under some operation; -- said of sets.
Closure (n.) (Math.) The intersection of all closed sets containing the given set.
Closure (n.) (Psychol.) Achievement of a sense of completeness and release from tension due to uncertainty; as, the closure afforded by the funeral of a loved one; also, the sense of completion thus achieved.
Closure (n.) Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" [syn: closing, closure].
Closure (n.) A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law].
Closure (n.) A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric [syn: closure, law of closure].
Closure (n.) Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" [syn: settlement, resolution, closure].
Closure (n.) An obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage].
Closure (n.) The act of blocking [syn: blockage, closure, occlusion].
Closure (n.) Termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" [syn: closure, closedown, closing, shutdown].
Closure (v.) Terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure, cloture].
Closure
Downward closed
Upward closure, () In a reduction system, a closure is a data structure that holds an expression and an environment of variable bindings in which that expression is to be evaluated. The variables may be local or global. Closures are used to represent unevaluated expressions when implementing functional programming languages with lazy evaluation. In a real implementation, both expression and environment are represented by pointers.
A suspension is a closure which includes a flag to say whether or not it has been evaluated. The term "{thunk" has come to be synonymous with "closure" but originated outside functional programming.
Closure
Downward closed
Upward closure, () In domain theory, given a partially ordered set, D and a subset, X of D, the upward closure of X in D is the union over all x in X of the sets of all d in D such that x <= d. Thus the upward closure of X in D contains the elements of X and any greater element of D. A set is "upward closed" if it is the same as its upward closure, i.e. any dgreater than an element is also an element. The downward closure (or "left closure") is similar but with d <= x. A downward closed set is one for which any d less than an element is also an element.
("<=" is written in LaTeX as \subseteq and the upward closure of X in D is written \uparrow_\{D X).
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Clot (n.) A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. "Clots of pory gore." -- Addison.
Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. -- Bacon.
Note: Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.
Clotted (imp. & p. p.) of Clot.
Clotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clot.
Clot (v. i.) To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.
Clot (v. t.) To form into a slimy mass.
Clot (n.) A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid [syn: clot, coagulum].
Clot (v.) Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate].
Clot (v.) Cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state [syn: clot, coagulate].
Clot (v.) Turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber, clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize].
Clot (v.) Coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: clog, clot].
Clotbur (n.) The burdock. [Prov. Engl.] -- Prior.
Clotbur (n.) Same as Cocklebur.
Cocklebur (n.) (Bot.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.
Clotbur (n.) Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs [syn: burdock, clotbur].
Clote (n.) The common burdock; the clotbur. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Cloths (n. pl. ) of Cloth.
Clothes (n. pl. ) of Cloth.
Cloth (n.) A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.
Cloth (n.) The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.
I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread. -- Quarles.
Cloth (n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth? -- Macaulay.
The cloth, The clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. -- I. Taylor.
Body cloth. See under Body.
Cloth of gold, A fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold.
Cloth measure, The measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
Cloth paper, A coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth
Shearer, One who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.
Cloth (n.) Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" [syn: fabric, cloth, material, textile].
Clothed (imp. & p. p.) of Clothe.
Clad () of Clothe.
Clothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clothe.
Clothe (v. t.) 給……穿衣；為……提供衣服；覆蓋，使披上 [（+in）]；表達 [（+in/ with）]；賦予 [（+with）] To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. -- Shak.
Clothe (v. t.) To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly.
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. -- Prov. xxiii. 21.
The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. -- Goldsmith.
Clothe (v. t.) Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power.
Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. -- Watts.
His sides are clothed with waving wood. -- J. Dyer.
Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. -- Milton.
Clothe (v. i.) To wear clothes. [Poetic]
Care no more to clothe eat. -- Shak.
Clothe (v.) Provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress].
Clothe (v.) Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn: invest, clothe, adorn].
Clothe (v.) Cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" [syn: clothe, cloak, drape, robe].
Clothes (n. pl.) Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.
She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. -- Shak.
If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. -- Mark. v. 28.
Clothes (n. pl.) The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
She turned each way her frighted head,
Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. -- Prior.
Body clothes. See under Body.
Clothes moth (Zool.), A small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species ({Tinea flavifrontella) is yellowish white. The larv[ae] eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.
Syn: Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.
Clothes (n.) Clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes].
Clotheshorse (n.) 曬衣架；講究穿衣者 A frame to hang clothes on.
Clotheshorse (n.) A person who likes to wear stylish clothing.
Clotheshorse (n.) A frame on which to hang clothes.
Clotheshorse (n.) A conspicuously dressy person.
Clotheshorse (n.) A person excessively concerned with dress.
Clotheshorse (n.) Syn: dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell.
Clothesline (n.) A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
Clothespin (n.) A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
Clothespress (n.) A receptacle for clothes.
Clothier (n.) One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.
Clothier (n.) One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.
Clothing (n.) Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
Clothing (n.) The art of process of making cloth.
Clothing (n.) A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
Clothing (n.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.
Clothred (p. p.) Clottered.
Clotpoll (n.) See Clodpoll.
Clotted (a.) Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul.
Clotter (v. i.) To concrete into lumps; to clot.
Clotty (n.) Full of clots, or clods.
Cloture (n.) See Closure, 5.
Clotweed (n.) Cocklebur.
Cloud (n.) A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
I do set my bow in the cloud. -- Gen. ix. 13.
Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized:
(a) Cirrus. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman.
(b) Cumulus. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts.
(c) Stratus. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally.
(d) Nimbus. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus.
(e) Cirro-cumulus. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky.
(f) Cirro-stratus. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus.
(g) Cumulo-stratus. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- Fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- Storm scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind.
Cloud (n.) A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. "A thick cloud of incense." -- Ezek. viii. 11.
Cloud (n.) A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.
Cloud (n.) That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.
Cloud (n.) A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "So great a cloud of witnesses." -- Heb. xii. 1.
Cloud (n.) A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.
Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), A defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation.
To be under a cloud, To be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor.
In the clouds, In the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.
Clouded (imp. & p. p.) of Cloud.
Clouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cloud.
Cloud (v. t.) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.
Cloud (v. t.) To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. -- Shak.
Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. -- Milton.
Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. -- M. Arnold.
Cloud (v. t.) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken. -- Shak.
Cloud (v. t.) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. -- Pope.
Cloud (v. i.) To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud. -- Shak.
Cloud (n.) Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible.
Cloud (n.) A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude.
Cloud (n.) Out of touch with reality; "his head was in the clouds."
Cloud (n.) A cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French."
Cloud (n.) Suspicion affecting your reputation; "after that mistake he was under a cloud."
Cloud (n.) A group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores" [syn: swarm, cloud].
Cloud (v.) Make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" [syn: overcast, cloud] [ant: brighten, clear, clear up, light up].
Cloud (v.) Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist].
Cloud (v.) Billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above the houses."
Cloud (v.) Make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness."
Cloud (v.) Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud].
Cloud (v.) Make less clear; "the stroke clouded memories of her youth."
Cloud (v.) Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: mottle, dapple, cloud].
Cloud (v.) Make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added."
Cloud computing
Cloud, ()
A loosely defined term for any system providing access via the Internet to processing power, storage, software or other computing services, often via a web browser. Typically these services will be rented from an external company that hosts and manages them.
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Cloud, () The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10; 33:9; Num. 11:25; 12:5; Job 22:14; Ps. 18:11). A "cloud without rain" is a proverbial saying, denoting a man who does not keep his promise (Prov. 16:15; Isa. 18:4; 25:5; Jude 1:12). A cloud is the figure of that which is transitory (Job 30:15; Hos. 6:4). A bright cloud is the symbolical seat of the Divine presence (Ex.29:42, 43; 1 Kings 8:10; 2 Chr. 5:14; Ezek. 43:4), and was called the Shechinah (q.v.). Jehovah came down upon Sinai in a cloud (Ex. 19:9); and the cloud filled the court around the tabernacle in the wilderness so that Moses could not enter it (Ex. 40:34, 35). At the dedication of the temple also the cloud "filled the house of the Lord" (1 Kings 8:10). Thus in like manner when Christ comes the second time he is described as coming "in the clouds" (Matt. 17:5; 24:30; Acts 1:9, 11). False teachers are likened unto clouds carried about with a tempest (2 Pet. 2:17). The infirmities of old age, which come one after another, are compared by Solomon to "clouds returning after the rain" (Eccl. 12:2). The blotting out of sins is like the sudden disappearance of threatening clouds from the sky (Isa. 44:22).
Cloud, () The pillar of, was the glory-cloud which indicated God's presence leading the ransomed people through the wilderness (Ex. 13:22; 33:9, 10). This pillar preceded the people as they marched, resting on the ark (Ex. 13:21; 40:36). By night it became a pillar of fire (Num. 9:17-23).
Cloud -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 10268
Housing Units (2000): 4838
Land area (2000): 715.633991 sq. miles (1853.483448 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.837646 sq. miles (7.349470 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 718.471637 sq. miles (1860.832918 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.505567 N, 97.651814 W
Headwords:
Cloud
Cloud, KS
Cloud County
Cloud County, KS
Cloudage (n.) Mass of clouds; cloudiness. [R.]
A scudding cloudage of shapes. -- Coleridge.
Cloudberry (n.) (Bot.) A species of raspberry ({Rubus Chamaemerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
Cloudberry (n.) Creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries [syn: cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, salmonberry, Rubus chamaemorus].
Cloud-built (a.) Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.
Cloud-burst (n.) 豪雨；大量，極多 A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
Cloudburst (n.) A heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker].
Cloud-capped (a.) Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.
Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
Cloudily (adv.) In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely.
Compare: Obscurely
Obscurely (adv.) 晦澀地，費解地；隱匿地；不為人知地 Without being well known.
// He lived obscurely for the remainder of his life.
Obscurely (adv.) In a way that is difficult to understand.
// An obscurely titled song.
// They were making her feel obscurely worried.
Cloudiness (n.) [U] 陰沉，晦黯；朦朧，模糊 The state of being cloudy.
Cloudiness (n.) The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds [syn: cloudiness, cloud cover, overcast].
Cloudiness (n.) Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover [syn: cloudiness, overcast].
Cloudiness (n.) The quality of being cloudy [syn: cloudiness, murkiness, muddiness].
Clouding (n.) A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.
Clouding (n.) A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.
Cloudland (n.) Dreamland.
Cloudless (a.) Without a cloud; clear; bright.
Cloudlet (n.) A little cloud.
Cloudy (n.) Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.
Cloudy (n.) Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
Cloudy (n.) Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful.
Cloudy (n.) Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
Cloudy (n.) Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster.
Cloudy (n.) Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.
Clough (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.
Clough (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
Clough (n.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.
Clout (n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
Clout (n.) A swadding cloth.
Clout (n.) A piece; a fragment.
Clout (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
Clout (n.) A blow with the hand.
Clouted (imp. & p. p.) of Clout.
Clouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clout.
Clout (n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
Clout (n.) To join or patch clumsily.
Clout (n.) To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
Clout (n.) To give a blow to; to strike.
Clout (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
Clouterly (n.) Clumsy; awkward.