cloud up

• Phrasal verb, das verwendet wird, um auszudrücken, dass sich der Himmel mit Wolken bedeckt oder eine Oberfläche trüb, dunstig oder undurchsichtig wird.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the sky becoming covered with clouds, or a surface becoming misty or unclear.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, ohne Objekt

1. Become cloudy (weather)informal

   When the sky becomes covered with clouds, often indicating possible rain.

   Sich bewölken

   • The sky started to cloud up in the afternoon.
   • It's clouding up; we should bring umbrellas.
   • The weather forecast said it would cloud up by evening.

   Synonymecloud overdarkenovercast

   Antonymebrightenclear

2. Become unclear or opaqueinformal

   When a surface, like glass or a liquid, becomes less transparent or clear.

   Trüb werden

   • The windows clouded up from the steam in the bathroom.
   • The water in the glass clouded up after adding the powder.
   • His glasses clouded up when he entered the warm room.

   Synonymeblurcloud overdimfilm overfoghazemistobscure

   Antonymeclear

Grundverbcloud