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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. anything that covers or conceals Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a loose outer garment Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. hide under a false appearance Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. cover as if with clothing Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. cover with or as if with a cloak Source: wordnet
  9. 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. Source: webster
  10. 10. To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser. Source: adambom
  11. 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 Source: ecdict

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