Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cloak
Participle: cloaked
Gerund: cloaking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cloak |
| you | cloak |
| he;she;it | cloaks |
| we | cloak |
| you | cloak |
| they | cloak |
Perfect
| I | have cloaked |
| you | have cloaked |
| he;she;it | has cloaked |
| we | have cloaked |
| you | have cloaked |
| they | have cloaked |
Past
| I | cloaked |
| you | cloaked |
| he;she;it | cloaked |
| we | cloaked |
| you | cloaked |
| they | cloaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had cloaked |
| you | had cloaked |
| he;she;it | had cloaked |
| we | had cloaked |
| you | had cloaked |
| they | had cloaked |
Future
| I | will cloak |
| you | will cloak |
| he;she;it | will cloak |
| we | will cloak |
| you | will cloak |
| they | will cloak |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cloaked |
| you | will have cloaked |
| he;she;it | will have cloaked |
| we | will have cloaked |
| you | will have cloaked |
| they | will have cloaked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cloak |
| you | cloak |
| he;she;it | cloak |
| we | cloak |
| you | cloak |
| they | cloak |
Perfect
| I | have cloaked |
| you | have cloaked |
| he;she;it | have cloaked |
| we | have cloaked |
| you | have cloaked |
| they | have cloaked |
Imperfect
| I | cloaked |
| you | cloaked |
| he;she;it | cloaked |
| we | cloaked |
| you | cloaked |
| they | cloaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had cloaked |
| you | had cloaked |
| he;she;it | had cloaked |
| we | had cloaked |
| you | had cloaked |
| they | had cloaked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cloak |
| you | would cloak |
| he;she;it | would cloak |
| we | would cloak |
| you | would cloak |
| they | would cloak |
Perfect
| I | would have cloaked |
| you | would have cloaked |
| he;she;it | would have cloaked |
| we | would have cloaked |
| you | would have cloaked |
| they | would have cloaked |
Imperative
| you | cloak |
| we | Let's cloak |
| you | cloak |
Verbs conjugated like 'cloak'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cloak'
choak,
cloam,
clock,
clonk,
coak,
croak,
becloak,
bloat,
block,
boak,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative.
2. Doublet of cloche and clock.
Sample Sentences
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He would hold her, just hold her, while his hands soothed the bare skin of her arms and the delicate fabric that cloaked her shoulders and her back. [2008, Bronwyn Jameson, Vows & a Vengeful Groom, Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 122:]
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It’s possible that some microbes don’t just take up residence in tumors but help them grow. They may cloak the tumor from the immune system, neutralize drugs or help tumors spread through the body. [2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2022:]
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The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.