shroud

[ shroud ]

/ ʃraʊd /

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noun

a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.

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 shroud·ing. 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.

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.

Nearby words

shriver, robert sargent, shroff, shroom, shropshire, shropshire lad, a, shrouded, shroud of turin, shroud-laid, shrove, shrove monday, shrove sunday

Origin of shroud

before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English scrūd; cognate with Old Norse skrūth; akin to shred; (v.) Middle English shrouden, derivative of the noun; replacing Middle English shriden, Old English scrȳdan, derivative of scrūd

SYNONYMS FOR shroud

1 winding sheet.

8 conceal, screen.

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Related formsshroud·less, adjectiveshroud·like, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for shrouded

shroud

/ (ʃraʊd) /

noun

a garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body

anything that envelops like a garmenta 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

archaic to seek or give shelter

Derived Formsshroudless, adjective

Word Origin for shroud

Old English scrūd garment; related to Old Norse skrūth gear

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shroud

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verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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shroud

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