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cloud
Noun
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A cloud is a collection of condensed water vapor floating in the sky that sometimes makes rain.
Those dark storm clouds are quickly getting closer.
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A cloud is a group or swarm of something.
The cloud of locusts flew closer to the corn.
cloud
Verb
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If something is clouded, it becomes foggy or gloomy; it becomes blocked from sight.
The sky clouded over.
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If something is clouded, it becomes obscure.
Don't cloud the issue.
layer
Noun
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A layer is a covering material or substance.
When we got up in the morning, everything was covered by a thin layer of snow.
The cream forms a germ-fighting layer over the skin.
How many layers of clothing do you have to wear in the winter?
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A layer is a level in an organisation.
The company is trying to reduce the number of management layers.
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A layer is a person who lays something, (e.g., carpet, bricks, etc.).
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A layer is a chicken kept to lay eggs.
layer
Verb
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If you layer something, you make layers.
Layer the pasta in an ovenproof dish with the tomatoes, bacon and peas, seasoning each layer.