[{"word":"clouding","phonetic":"/ˈklaʊdɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈklaʊdɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The glass clouds when you breathe on it."},{"definition":"To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The sky is clouded."},{"definition":"To make obscure.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue."},{"definition":"To make less acute or perceptive.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The tears began to well up and cloud my vision."},{"definition":"To make gloomy or sullen.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to cloud yarn"},{"definition":"To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A cloudy appearance.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clouding"]}]