Definition of shroud
1 obsolete : shelter, protection
2 : something that covers, screens, or guards: such asa : one of two flanges that give peripheral support to turbine or fan beddingb : a guard (as of ceramic or fiberglass) that protects a spacecraft from the heat of launching
3 : burial garment : winding-sheet, cerement
4a : one of the ropes leading usually in pairs from a ship's mastheads to give lateral support to the mastsb : one of the cords that suspend the harness of a parachute from the canopy
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Examples of shroud in a Sentence
the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy
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Prebys’ life partner, Debbie Turner, pushed a button Wednesday dropping the black shroud to reveal the eight-foot-tall Conrad Prebys Africa Rocks sculpture.
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And the shy and retiring particle will have preserved its shroud of mystery once again.
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AMD told us that for Frontier Edition, the lovely blue anodized heat shroud, Radeon logo, and glowing yellow ‘R’ were all finished in California.
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Engineers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory are putting finishing touches on the $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe, which will pass through the blazing shroud known as the sun's corona two dozen times over seven years.
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Despite the procedural shroud, a few details have leaked out about what the GOP working group is considering.
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The bodies of some of the dead, wrapped in white shrouds were held in the open by protesters.
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Rodriguez joined that exclusive club in August 2010, becoming the youngest player to do it, at 32 years 8 days, before his career was enveloped in a steroid shroud.
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Spera said the curvature of the shroud is based on the curvature of an airplane wing, and relies on the same physics used to create lift in an aircraft.
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Origin and Etymology of shroud
Middle English, garment, from Old English scrūd; akin to Old English scrēade shred — more at shred
shroud
Definition of shroud
transitive verb
1a archaic : to cover for protectionb obsolete : conceal
2a : to cut off from view : obscure trees shrouded by fog this point is shrouded in uncertainty — Henry Jamesb : to veil under another appearance (as by obscuring or disguising) shrouded the decision in a series of formalities
3 : to dress for burial
intransitive verb
archaic : to seek shelter
Examples of shroud in a Sentence
The mountains were shrouded in fog.
Their work is shrouded in secrecy.
Recent Examples of shroud from the Web
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Women, who had worked as doctors and dentists and freely gone to school, were forbidden from studying and allowed outside only if shrouded in black cloth—every speck of skin, including their eyes, covered.
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Mitch McConnell is keeping the details of the Senate’s health-care bill shrouded in secrecy.
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Like his departure from Birmingham, Pollick's resignation in Lithuania was also shrouded in financial controversy.
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The juror's names haven't been made public and the split on the vote hasn't been disclosed, shrouding the case in mystery.
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President Donald Trump repeatedly talks tough about reining in the pharmaceutical industry, but his administration’s efforts to lower drug prices are shrouded in secrecy.
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Shrouded in thick orange smog, the icy orb has lakes and seas filled with liquid hydrocarbons that may harbor the basic ingredients needed for life.
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The probe’s payload will be shrouded in a 4.5-inch thick carbon-composite shield capable of withstanding temperatures of nearly 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,377 degrees Celsius).
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In the winter, when the air temperature dropped below zero, steam would rise from the lake, shrouding the city in magical puffs of white.
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First Known Use of shroud
14th century
SHROUD Defined for English Language Learners
shroud
playDefinition of shroud for English Language Learners
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: a cloth that is used to wrap a dead body
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: something that covers or hides something
shroud
Definition of shroud for English Language Learners
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: to cover or hide (something)
SHROUD Defined for Kids
Definition of shroud for Students
1 : the cloth placed over or around a dead body
2 : something that covers or hides a shroud of secrecy
Definition of shroud for Students
shrouded
;shrouding
: to cover or hide with or as if with a shroud The road was shrouded in fog.
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