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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
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.
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Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
He had been released by the Philadelphia Phillies in February amid a shroud of controversy regarding his relationship with manager Rob Thomson and others in the organization.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
That is because these still-growing stellar infants are shrouded in natal blankets of gas and dust that readily block and absorb light, preventing most telescopes from seeing them.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The 39 members of the group were discovered lying on their backs and covered by purple shrouds.
—Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
He had been released by the Philadelphia Phillies in February amid a shroud of controversy regarding his relationship with manager Rob Thomson and others in the organization.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
That is because these still-growing stellar infants are shrouded in natal blankets of gas and dust that readily block and absorb light, preventing most telescopes from seeing them.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Shroud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shroud. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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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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