—cloak /kləʊk/ aep /kloʊk/
noun [C] (PIECE OF CLOTHING)
► F0 a loose outer piece of clothing without sleeves, that fastens at the neck, and is worn instead of a coatSee picture: cloak 
Thesaurus+: ↑Coats, jackets and cloaks
noun [S or U] (HIDE)
► F0 something that hides, covers, or keeps something else secret: » The restaurant he owned was just a cloak for (= hid) his drug-dealing activities.» They left the house under cloak of darkness.Thesaurus+: ↑Secrecy and privacyverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for cloak
► F0 to cover or hide something: » He has always kept his love affairs cloaked in secrecy (= kept them secret).» The river is often cloaked in mist in the early morning.Thesaurus+: ↑Hiding and disguising- open (sth) up
- open sth up
- open the bidding
- open the door to sth
- open the floodgates
- open to dispute
- open-toed
- open-top
- open-topped
- Open University
- open up
- open verdict
- open your heart to someone
- open your mouth
- opera
- operable
- opera glasses
- opera house
- operate
- operatic
- operatically
- operating room
- operating system
- operating table
- operating theatre