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shroud
[shroud]
noun
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
Synonyms:something that covers or conceals like a garment.
a shroud of rain.
Nautical.any of a number of taut ropes or wires converging from both sides on the head of a lower or upper mast of the outer end of a bowsprit to steady it against lateral sway: a part of the standing rigging.
Also called shroud line.Aeronautics.any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy.
Also called shrouding.Machinery.
(on a nonmetallic gear) an extended metal rim enclosing the ends of the teeth on either side.
(on a water wheel) one of two rings of boards or plates enclosing the buckets at their ends.
Rocketry.a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle.
verb (used with object)
to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud.
to cover; hide from view.
Synonyms: ,to veil, as in obscurity or mystery.
They shrouded their past lives in an effort to forget.
to provide (a water wheel) with a shroud.
Obsolete.to shelter.
verb (used without object)
Archaic.to take shelter.
shroud
/ ʃʊ /
noun
a garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body
anything that envelops like a garment
a shroud of mist
a protective covering for a piece of equipment
astronautics a streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch
nautical one of a pattern of ropes or cables used to stay a mast
any of a set of wire cables stretched between a smokestack or similar structure and the ground, to prevent side sway
Also called: shroud line.any of a set of lines running from the canopy of a parachute to the harness
verb
(tr) to wrap in a shroud
(tr) to cover, envelop, or hide
archaicto seek or give shelter
Other Word Forms
- shroudless adjective
- shroudlike adjective
- ˈdzܻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of shroud1
Example Sentences
The images of Paramount shrouded in smoke and flanked by police in riot gear are unusual for this community of about 50,000 residents.
One video also shows a shrouded body being pulled from the tunnel by a rope.
He witnesses their hunger, their dying, and to the gentle wrapping of their bodies - or fragments of their bodies - in white shrouds upon which their names, if known, are written.
Yet despair shrouds Vuong’s characters, immigrants and other outsiders for whom the American Dream isn’t an inkling.
"Home. And I dreamed so much of returning home," she captioned the post, which showed the building shrouded in smoke, with its windows blown out and several balconies collapsed.
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