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Meanings of cloak in English
Synonyms
Examples for "robe"
Examples for "robe"
1
I sprung from the carriage; I caught the girl by the robe.
2
And felt a heavy weight swinging the right side of her robe.
3
The robe must be of spotless white; the mantle or scarf blue.
4
Wait for my word.' The silhouette of his robe began to fade.
5
The robe shall meanwhile be deposited in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.
1
It is difficult to clothe such shadowy abstractions in clear, simple form.
2
They clothe themselves in winter with good furs of beaver and elk.
3
The town of Mowbray ought to clothe the world with our resources.
4
Their bread shall feed our famishing country; their wool clothe its nakedness.
5
A winter campaign would be hard, with men to feed and clothe.'
1
The drums, the piano and the violin give her a fluttering drape.
2
You can see through that drape if there's enough light behind it.
3
He was told to go home and drape his home in black.
4
In its highest window a small man held a blood-red drape aside.
5
Jondalar pushed the drape aside and was surprised to see his brother.
Usage of cloak in English
1
The material composing the cloak was in general exceedingly light and flimsy.
2
In reality the cloak of secrecy is best achieved through urbane banality.
3
I raised my left hand as my right slid within my cloak.
4
I left it at a basket shop; and that explains the cloak.
5
The girl figure in the blue cloak and hood was absolutely alone.
6
Only Hershel Mak and the Jew in the light-grey cloak walked calmly.
7
And in exchange for the lambs he gave the shepherd his cloak.
8
We searched the room thoroughly; the cloak was not to be found.
9
Whatever Taborlin needed was somewhere in his cloak of no particular color.
10
At the door of the Inn stands LAMOND in a dark cloak.
11
Then in the folds of his cloak he took the carrier pigeon.
12
I set down my lute case and shrugged out of my cloak.
13
More than she was used to wearing, especially with her red cloak.
14
McCone kept saying he wanted to get out of the cloak-and-dagger business.
15
We are representatives of the United Hebrew Trades and the cloak-makers' union.
16
A change of clothes, including a warm cloak, suitable for sleeping in.
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Cloak through the time
Cloak across language varieties
Canada
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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