cloud-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: obscure (as if) with clouds, possibly with the result of casting doubt upon or placing in a questionable or negative light.

Commentary: Includes: CLOUD OVER, CLOUD UP

Examples:
Steam clouded the windows.
Has rhetoric clouded reality?
A thick smoke clouded the early morning sun.
Some recent reports of the scandal have clouded the situation.
My cat's eye has clouded over entirely.
The future for Devon is clouded.
The scene at work clouded Marty's reputation.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: cloud.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
cloud_over 1, 2
cloud_up 1

Sense Number 2: billow up in the form of a cloud

Commentary: Sytanx Is: NP1[concrete] CLOUD PP[location]

Examples:
The smoke clouded above the houses.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: (cause to) be visibly affected by an emotion

Commentary: Includes: CLOUD OVER Syntax Is: NP1[abstract] CLOUD NP2[patient[human]] NP1[patient[human]] CLOUD (OVER)
NOTE: NP1 may be an attribute of a human [patient], such as a face or facial feature.

Examples:
At the sight of the spider, fear clouded her eyes.
When Mary heard of her beloved uncle's death, her face clouded over.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 4: ART: color with streaks or blotches

Examples:
The artist clouded his painting.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7