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Shroud

see synonyms of shroud

Noun

1. shroud

a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute

2. mainsheet, sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

3. cerement, pall, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet

burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

Verb

4. cover, enshroud, hide, shroud

cover as if with a shroud

Example Sentences:
'The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery'

5. shroud

form a cover like a shroud

Example Sentences:
'Mist shrouded the castle'

6. shroud

wrap in a shroud

Example Sentences:
'shroud the corpses'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Shroud

see synonyms of shroud
noun
1. 
a garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body
2. 
anything that envelops like a garment
a shroud of mist
3. 
a protective covering for a piece of equipment
4. astronautics
a streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch
5. nautical
one of a pattern of ropes or cables used to stay a mast
6. 
any of a set of wire cables stretched between a smokestack or similar structure and the ground, to prevent side sway
7. Also called: shroud line
any of a set of lines running from the canopy of a parachute to the harness
verb
8. (transitive)
to wrap in a shroud
9. (transitive)
to cover, envelop, or hide
10. archaic
to seek or give shelter

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Shroud

see synonyms of shroud
noun
1. 
a cloth used to wrap a corpse for burial; winding sheet
2. 
something that covers, protects, or screens; veil; shelter
3. 
any of a set of ropes or wires stretched from a ship's side to a masthead to offset lateral strain on the mast
4. 
any of the set of lines from the canopy of a parachute to the harness
: in full shroud line
verb transitive
5. 
to wrap (a corpse) in a shroud
6. 
to hide from view; cover; screen
7.  Archaic
to shelter and protect
verb intransitive
8.  Archaic
to take shelter

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Shroud

see synonyms of shroud
n.
1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog.
3.
a. Nautical One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
b. A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.
c. One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.
v. shroud·ed, shroud·ing, shrouds
v.tr.
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. Archaic To shelter; protect.
v.intr.
Archaic
To take cover; find shelter.

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