Definition of cloak

"cloak" in the noun sense

1. cloak

anything that covers or conceals

2. cloak

a loose outer garment

"cloak" in the verb sense

1. dissemble, cloak, mask

hide under a false appearance

"He masked his disappointment"

2. clothe, cloak, drape, robe

cover as if with clothing

"the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"

3. cloak

cover with or as if with a cloak

"cloaked monks"

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Quotations for cloak

My tunic is nearer than my cloak. [ Plaut ]

God save you, and give you a cloak. [ Proverb ]

Because my blessings are abus'd,
Must I be censur'd, curs'd, accus'd?
Even virtue's self by knaves is made
A cloak to carry on the trade. [ Gay ]

A fool wants his cloak in a rainy day. [ Proverb ]

Though the sun shines, take your cloak. [ Proverb ]

Pride may lurk under a thread-bare cloak. [ Proverb ]

I have a good cloak, but it is in France. [ Proverb ]

The smiler with the knife under his cloak. [ Chaucer ]

The cloak sometimes falls off a cunning man. [ Italian Proverb ]

Have not your cloak to make when it begins to rain. [ Proverb ]

Gravity is the best cloak for sin in all countries. [ Fielding ]

Although the sun shines, leave not thy cloak at home. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Virtue is despised, if it be seen in a thread-bare cloak. [ Proverb ]

I will do my good will, as he that threshed in his cloak. [ Proverb ]

Neither coat nor cloak will hold out against rain upon rain. [ Proverb ]

Pride perceiving humility honorable often borrows her cloak. [ Proverb ]

Religion is the best armor in the world, but the worst cloak. [ Bunyan ]

Every vice has a cloak, and creeps in under the name of virtue.

Night is the cloak to cover sin, and the armor of the unjust man. [ Theophrastus ]

I am sorry to see how small a piece of religion will make a cloak. [ Sir William Waller ]

The beads in the hand, and the devil in capuch (or cape of the cloak). [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

If the weather is fine, take your cloak; if it rains, do as you please. [ French Proverb ]

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak. It serves for food and raiment. [ Longfellow ]

Beauty is often but a splendid cloak which conceals the imperfections of the soul. [ T. Gautier ]

Good words do more than hard speeches; as the sunbeams, without any noise, will make the traveller cast off his cloak, which all the blustering winds could not do, but only make him bind it closer to him. [ Leighton ]

A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt and support them through great actions. A cloak should be of three-pile, to keep its gloss in wear. [ Hare ]

cloak in Scrabble®

The word cloak is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters cloak:

CLOAK
(48)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word cloak

CLOAK
(48)
CLOAK
(42)
CLOAK
(42)
CLOAK
(36)
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The 168 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In cloak

CLOAK
(48)
LOCK
(45)
LACK
(45)
COAK
(45)
CLOAK
(42)
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(42)
COAK
(39)
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(36)
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cloak in Words With Friends™

The word cloak is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters cloak:

CLOAK
(69)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word cloak

CLOAK
(69)
CLOAK
(63)
CLOAK
(52)
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(51)
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(46)
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(45)
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(42)
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The 194 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In cloak

CLOAK
(69)
LACK
(66)
LOCK
(66)
COAK
(63)
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(63)
COAK
(57)
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(52)
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(48)
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(46)
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Words within the letters of cloak

2 letter words in cloak (1 word)

3 letter words in cloak (1 word)

4 letter words in cloak (5 words)

5 letter words in cloak (1 word)

cloak + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence cloak

Words that end with cloak (3 words)

Word Growth involving cloak

Shorter words in cloak

oak

Longer words containing cloak

cloakanddagger cloakanddaggers

cloaked recloaked

cloaked uncloaked

cloaking recloaking

cloaking uncloaking

cloakless

cloakmaker cloakmakers

cloakmaking

cloakroom cloakrooms

cloaks recloaks

cloaks uncloaks

recloak recloaked

recloak recloaker recloakers

recloak recloaking

recloak recloaks

uncloak uncloakable

uncloak uncloaked

uncloak uncloaking

uncloak uncloaks