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1. (n.) shroud
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
2. shroud
something that covers, conceals, or protects:
a shroud of darkness.
3. shroud
any of a number of fixed ropes or wires that converge from the head of a ship's mast and keep it from swaying.
4. shroud
Also called shroud line. any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy.
5. (v.t.) shroud
to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud.
6. shroud
to cover; hide from view.
7. shroud
to veil in obscurity or mystery.
8. shroud
Archaic. to take shelter.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; OE scrūd, c. ON skrūth apparel)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shroud
a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
2. (noun) sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
3. (verb) pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
4. (verb) shroud, enshroud, hide, cover
cover as if with a shroud
"The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
5. (verb) shroud
form a cover like a shroud
"Mist shrouded the castle"
6. (verb) shroud
wrap in a shroud
"shroud the corpses"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) shroud
that which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment
2. (noun) shroud
especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet
3. (noun) shroud
that which covers or shelters like a shroud
4. (noun) shroud
a covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt
5. (noun) shroud
the branching top of a tree; foliage
6. (noun) shroud
a set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts
7. (noun) shroud
one of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate
8. (noun) shroud
to cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave
9. (noun) shroud
to cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil
10. (verb) shroud
to take shelter or harbor
11. (verb) shroud
to lop. See Shrood
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Sense: a cloth wrapped around a dead body.
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 Afrikaans: doodskleed |
 Arabic: كَفَن |
 Bulgarian: покров |
 Brazilian: mortalha |
 Czech: rubáš |
 German: das Leichentuch |
 Danish: ligklæde |
 Greek: σάβανο |
 Spanish: mortaja |
 Estonian: surilina |
 Farsi: كفن |
 Finnish: käärinliina |
 French: linceul |
 Hebrew: תַּכרִיכִים |
 Hindi: कफन |
 Croatian: mrtvački pokrov |
 Hungarian: halotti lepel |
 Indonesian: kain kapan |
 Icelandic: líkklæði |
 Italian: sindone, (lenzuolo funebr |
 Japanese: 経かたびら |
 Korean: 수의 |
 Lithuanian: įkapės |
 Latvian: līķauts |
 Malay: kain kafan |
 Dutch: lijkkleed |
 Norwegian: liksvøp |
 Polish: całun |
 Persian: كفن |
 Pashto: كفن: چادري: پوښ: مراندې ( |
 Portuguese: mortalha |
 Romanian: giulgiu |
 Russian: саван |
 Slovak: rubáš |
 Slovenian: mrtvaški prt |
 Serbian: mrtvački pokrov |
 Swedish: svepning |
 Thai: ผ้าห่อศพ |
 Turkish: kefen |
 Taiwanese: 裹屍布，壽衣 |
 Ukrainian: саван |
 Urdu: کفن |
 Vietnamese: vải liệm |
 Chinese: 裹尸布，寿衣 |
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