shroud

Use shroud in a sentence

The police shroud the body from view while they gather evidence for the investigation.

noun

The definition of a shroud is a veil or a cloth used to wrap a body for burial.
An example of a shroud is the large, sheet-like piece of cloth which was believed to have been used to wrap Jesus.

verb

To shroud is to wrap someone in special burial clothing or to conceal something from view.
When you cover a person in special burial clothing, this is an example of a situation where you shroud the person.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"shroud." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 16 July 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHROUD>.

APA Style

shroud. (n.d.). Retrieved July 16th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHROUD

shroud

a cloth used to wrap a corpse for burial; winding sheet
something that covers, protects, or screens; veil; shelter
any of a set of ropes or wires stretched from a ship's side to a masthead to offset lateral strain on the mast
any of the set of lines from the canopy of a parachute to the harness
in full shroud line

Origin of shroud

Middle English schroude from Old English scrud, akin to Old Norse skrud, accouterments, cloth, Old English screade, shred

to wrap (a corpse) in a shroud
to hide from view; cover; screen
Archaic to shelter and protect

Archaic to take shelter

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"shroud." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 16 July 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHROUD>.

APA Style

shroud. (n.d.). Retrieved July 16th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHROUD

shroud

noun

A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog.
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.

verb

shroud·ed, shroud·ing, shrouds

verb

transitive

To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.
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 )
Archaic To shelter; protect.

verb

intransitive Archaic

To take cover; find shelter.

Origin of shroud

Middle English schrud garment from Old English scrūd

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"shroud." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 16 July 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHROUD>.

APA Style

shroud. (n.d.). Retrieved July 16th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHROUD

Noun

(plural shrouds)

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.
The branching top of a tree; foliage.
(nautical) A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present shrouds, present participle shrouding, simple past and past participle shrouded)

To cover with a shroud.
To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.
The truth behind their weekend retreat was shrouded in obscurity.
To take shelter or harbour.

Origin

Old English scrÅ«d, cognate with Old Norse skrÃºÃ° (“the shrouds of a ship") (> Danish, Norwegian skrud (“splendid attire")).

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.