explosion burst | the act of exploding or bursting, the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children, the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft |
burst fit | a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason), a burst of applause, a fit of housecleaning |
fusillade salvo volley burst | rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms, our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise |
cloud chamber Wilson cloud chamber | apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor, each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track |
war cloud | an ominous sign that war threatens |
outburst burst flare-up | a sudden intense happening, an outburst of heavy rain, a burst of lightning |
swarm cloud | a group of many things in the air or on the ground, a swarm of insects obscured the light, clouds of blossoms, it discharged a cloud of spores |
Oort cloud | (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto, perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun |
Saint Cloud St. Cloud | a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River, granite quarries |
altocumulus altocumulus cloud | a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of or miles |
altostratus altostratus cloud | a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of or miles |
cirrocumulus cirrocumulus cloud | a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples |
cirrostratus cirrostratus cloud | a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude |
cirrus cirrus cloud | a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude ( to miles) |
cloud | a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude |
cloud bank | a layer of clouds seen from a distance |
cumulonimbus cumulonimbus cloud thundercloud | a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity, associated with thunderstorms |
cumulus cumulus cloud | a globular cloud |
Large Magellanic Cloud | the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
Magellanic Cloud | either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, visible near the south celestial pole |
nacreous cloud mother-of-pearl cloud | a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon |
nimbus nimbus cloud rain cloud | a dark grey cloud bearing rain |
Small Magellanic Cloud | the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
storm cloud | a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm |
stratus stratus cloud | a large dark low cloud |
seeder cloud seeder | a person who seeds clouds |
Red Cloud | leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (-) |
cloud | any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible |
dust cloud | a cloud of dust suspended in the air |
mushroom mushroom cloud mushroom-shaped cloud | a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) |
cloud grass Agrostis nebulosa | Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets |
cloud | out of touch with reality, his head was in the clouds |
cloud | suspicion affecting your reputation, after that mistake he was under a cloud |
bliss blissfulness cloud nine seventh heaven walking on air | a state of extreme happiness |
cloudiness cloud cover overcast | the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds |
cloud | a cause of worry or gloom or trouble, the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French |
effloresce burst forth | come into or as if into flower, These manifestations effloresced in the past |
explode burst | burst outward, usually with noise, The champagne bottle exploded |
explode burst forth break loose | be unleashed, emerge with violence or noise, His anger exploded |
erupt irrupt flare up flare break open burst out | erupt or intensify suddenly, Unrest erupted in the country, Tempers flared at the meeting, The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism |
burst split break open | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure, The bubble burst |
burst bust | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully, The dam burst |
cloud over | become overcast, the sky clouded over |
cloud | make milky or dull, The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added |
burst | emerge suddenly, The sun burst into view |
pop out burst out | appear suddenly, Spring popped up everywhere in the valley |
mottle dapple cloud | colour with streaks or blotches of different shades |
cloud | make less clear, the stroke clouded memories of her youth |
burst in on burst upon | spring suddenly, He burst upon our conversation |
burst out | give sudden release to an expression, We burst out laughing, 'I hate you,' she burst out |