¹ cloud noun

• a white or gray mass in the sky that is made of many very small drops of water
• a large amount of smoke, dust, etc., that hangs in the air
• a large group of things (such as insects) that move together through the air

² cloud verb

• to confuse (a person's mind or judgment)
• to make (something, such as an issue or situation) difficult to understand
• to affect (something) in a bad way