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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
a
: one of the ropes leading usually in pairs from a ship's mastheads to give lateral support to the masts
b
: one of the cords that suspend the harness of a parachute from the canopy
4
obsolete
: shelter, protection
shrouded; shrouding; shrouds
1
a
: to cut off from view : obscure
trees shrouded by fog
this point is shrouded in uncertainty—
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b
: to veil under another appearance (as by obscuring or disguising)
shrouded the decision in a series of formalities
2
: to dress for burial
3
a
archaic
: to cover for protection
b
obsolete
: conceal
archaic
: to seek shelter
Synonyms
Examples of shroud in a Sentence
Noun
the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy
Verb
The mountains were shrouded in fog.
Their work is shrouded in secrecy.
Recent Examples on the WebHajar Harb, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
For instance, cirrus clouds don’t inhibit viewing other than a slight shroud around the sun.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
The surprise here is less that an album about emerging, stronger, from sorrow’s all-encompassing shroud somehow goes down like a goblet of spiked sunshine.
—Raymond Cummings, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024
As a shroud of dark gray clouds continues to build over Greater Cincinnati, the National Weather Service in Wilmington has placed the region under a severe thunderstorm watch until 4 p.m. Thursday.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Critics of the mining industry have interpreted the move to squash the EIA survey as a cynical attempt to preserve a shroud of secrecy.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
Earlier at the hospital, relatives wept over bodies laid out in burial shrouds in the courtyard, and a man cradled a dead infant.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024
Their morgues are overflowing: Humanitarian aid trucks are bringing in burial shrouds, and the dead are being placed in mass graves.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
In between, the bodywork swoops and swirls, forming a slender fuel tank, narrow waist and even radiator shrouds that incorporate down-force winglets, all blended together into an almost beetle-like body structure that houses the engine, frame and suspension components.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Byphie Jacobs, science.org, 23 Apr. 2024
Israeli strikes against Iran’s regime are typically shrouded in ambiguity to avoid any fingerprints on the missions and to leave Tehran’s rulers guessing.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024
The April 19 release has been shrouded in its own form of blackout.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024
This luxurious villa estate is shrouded in tropical foliage, perched above Playa Las Rosadas with views out over the bay islands.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2024
Residents spend winters shrouded in total darkness and summers exposed to 24 hours of sunlight.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2024
With a face shrouded in mesh, a female vocalist sings in an eerie tone.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
This year’s Ramadan is shrouded in grief for many Muslims in the United States, after more than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, which was prompted after Hamas militants attacked Israel and left about 1,200 people dead.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
How the Football came to be has long been shrouded in mystery.
—Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Noun
In the background, more than a dozen bodies covered in white shrouds were lined up on the ground.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
For instance, cirrus clouds don’t inhibit viewing other than a slight shroud around the sun.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
The surprise here is less that an album about emerging, stronger, from sorrow’s all-encompassing shroud somehow goes down like a goblet of spiked sunshine.
—Raymond Cummings, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024
As a shroud of dark gray clouds continues to build over Greater Cincinnati, the National Weather Service in Wilmington has placed the region under a severe thunderstorm watch until 4 p.m. Thursday.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Critics of the mining industry have interpreted the move to squash the EIA survey as a cynical attempt to preserve a shroud of secrecy.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
Earlier at the hospital, relatives wept over bodies laid out in burial shrouds in the courtyard, and a man cradled a dead infant.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024
Their morgues are overflowing: Humanitarian aid trucks are bringing in burial shrouds, and the dead are being placed in mass graves.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
In between, the bodywork swoops and swirls, forming a slender fuel tank, narrow waist and even radiator shrouds that incorporate down-force winglets, all blended together into an almost beetle-like body structure that houses the engine, frame and suspension components.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Verb
Some three-quarters of all undersea animals can generate their own light, but the origin of this ability has been shrouded in mystery.
—Byphie Jacobs, science.org, 23 Apr. 2024
Israeli strikes against Iran’s regime are typically shrouded in ambiguity to avoid any fingerprints on the missions and to leave Tehran’s rulers guessing.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024
The April 19 release has been shrouded in its own form of blackout.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024
This luxurious villa estate is shrouded in tropical foliage, perched above Playa Las Rosadas with views out over the bay islands.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2024
Residents spend winters shrouded in total darkness and summers exposed to 24 hours of sunlight.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2024
With a face shrouded in mesh, a female vocalist sings in an eerie tone.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
This year’s Ramadan is shrouded in grief for many Muslims in the United States, after more than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, which was prompted after Hamas militants attacked Israel and left about 1,200 people dead.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
How the Football came to be has long been shrouded in mystery.
—Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Shroud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shroud. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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shroud
1 of 2 noun1
: the cloth placed over or around a dead body
2
: something that covers or shelters like a shroud
a shroud of secrecy
3
: one of the ropes that go from the masthead of a ship to the sides to provide support to the mast
shroud
2 of 2 verb
: to cover with or as if with a shroud
shrouded in fog
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