shroud

Plural: shrouds

Noun

• a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
• (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
• burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
• That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
• Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
• That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
• A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
• One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.
• One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
• A streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch.
• The branching top of a tree; foliage.

Verb

Verb Forms: shrouded, shrouding, shrouds

• To wrap or cover, especially for burial.
• cover as if with a shroud
  • "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
• form a cover like a shroud
  • "Mist shrouded the castle"
• wrap in a shroud
  • "shroud the corpses"
• To cover with a shroud.
• To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
• To take shelter or harbour.
• To lop the branches from (a tree).

Examples

• A clever Words With Friends player might shroud their valuable tiles, hiding them from an opponent’s reach.
• The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.
• The truth behind their weekend retreat was shrouded in obscurity.

Synonyms

cerement, cover, enshroud, hide, mainsheet, pall, sheet, tack, weather sheet, winding-clothes, winding-sheet, sindon

Anagrams of shroud