cloak Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun anything that covers or conceals
  2. noun a loose outer garment
  3. verb hide under a false appearance
    mask; dissemble.
    • He masked his disappointment
  4. verb cover as if with clothing
    robe; drape; clothe.
    • the mountain was clothed in tropical trees
  5. verb cover with or as if with a cloak
    • cloaked monks

WordNet

Cloak noun
Etymology
Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtik origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.
Definitions
  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.
  2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
    No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. South.
    Shak.
Cloak transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cloaked ; present participle & verbal noun Cloaking
Definitions
  1. To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
    Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser.
    Syn. -- See Palliate.

Webster 1913