plural shrouds
1
: a cloth that is used to wrap a dead body
2
literary
: something that covers or hides something
—usually + of
covered in a shroud of secrecy/fog
shrouds; shrouded; shrouding
literary
: to cover or hide (something)
Fog shrouded the land.
The mountains were shrouded in fog.
Their work is shrouded in secrecy.
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“Shroud.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/shroud. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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