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- Dictionaryshroud/ʃraʊd/
noun
- 1. a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial: "he was buried in a linen shroud" Similar
- 2. a thing that envelops or obscures something: "a shroud of mist" Similar
verb
- 1. wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial: "the body was washed and shrouded"
- 2. cover or envelop so as to conceal from view: "mountains shrouded by cloud"
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to hide something by covering or surrounding it: Visitors have complained about the scaffolding that shrouds half the castle. Suddenly all the lights went out and the house was shrouded in darkness. The mist shrouding the valley had lifted by eight o'clock. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to keep someone or something from being seen.
a situation that prevents something from being known or understood: The truth about the accident remains hidden beneath a shroud of secrecy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. shroud. verb [ T ] uk / ʃraʊd / us / ʃraʊd / to hide something by covering or surrounding it:
to hide something by covering or surrounding it: Visitors have complained about the scaffolding that shrouds half the castle. Suddenly all the lights went out and the house was shrouded in darkness. The mist shrouding the valley had lifted by eight o'clock. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to keep someone or something from being seen.
1. To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing. 2. a. To envelop and obscure or shut off from sight: Fog shrouded the city. See Synonyms at block. b. To envelop or be associated with and make difficult to understand: "Diabetes continued as a kind of underground disease, shrouded in myth and bereft of advocates" (James S. Hirsch). 3.
Sep 22, 2012 · noun. ˈshrau̇d. especially Southern ˈsrau̇d. Synonyms of shroud. 1. : burial garment : winding-sheet, cerement. 2. : something that covers, screens, or guards: such as. a. : one of two flanges that give peripheral support to turbine or fan bedding. b. : a guard (as of ceramic or fiberglass) that protects a spacecraft from the heat of launching. 3.
Shrouded Definition. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Wearing, or provided with a shroud. Wiktionary. Concealed or hidden from sight, as if by a shroud. Wiktionary. verb. Simple past tense and past participle of shroud. Wiktionary. Synonyms: cloaked. clothed. enfolded. enveloped. enwrapped.
hide from view: shrouded by night. to hide or keep (knowledge, etc.): secrets shrouded in mystery.
The verb shroud means to hide or cover something or someone. The fog might shroud the valley, or that long-sleeved, ankle-length dress might shroud the tan you worked so hard on in Mexico over Christmas break.
shroud something in something (of darkness, clouds, cloth, etc.) to cover or hide something. The city was shrouded in mist. furniture shrouded in dust sheets. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
shroud meaning, definition, what is shroud: a cloth that is wrapped around a dead pe...: Learn more.
