Cloud (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clouded; p. pr. & vb. n.Clouding.] 1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.
2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
One day too late, I fear me, noble lord,
Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth.
Shak.
Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks.
Milton.
Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice.
M. Arnold.
3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; — esp. used of reputation or character.
I would not be a stander-by to hear
My sovereign mistress clouded so, without
My present vengeance taken.
Shak.
4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
And the nice conduct of a clouded cane.
Pope.