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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Noun
Some wear kittles, white burial shrouds, to signify repentance, according to History.—Krys'tal Griffin, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025 Moraes developed computer models to simulate draping a sheet on both a 3D human form and a bas-relief carving to test which version most closely matched the figure preserved in the shroud.—ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
Britt’s wife, according to PEOPLE, stepped outside during the concert to record a video when her camera captured a boat shrouded in darkness in the water.—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 To further shroud the details around such operations, in what could be an effort to unilaterally bypass those laws, is an affront to the American people, who have vested warmaking powers to the Congress.—Alexander Langlois, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shroud
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English, garment, from Old English scrūd; akin to Old English scrēade shred — more at shred entry 1
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