Thesaurus: cloak

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1. n. 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. n. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
3. v. t. To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
4. n. anything that covers or conceals
5. n. a loose outer garment
6. v. hide under a false appearance
7. v. cover as if with clothing
8. v. cover with or as if with a cloak
9. 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. Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak. 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.
10. To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser.
11. v:22/n:78 n. anything that covers or conceals n. a loose outer garment v. cover with or as if with a cloak