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enshrouds

verb

present tense third-person singular of enshroud
1
as in conceals
to keep secret or shut off from view the criminal organization uses a strictly enforced vow of silence to enshroud its villainous doings

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2
as in shrouds
to surround or cover closely a dense fog enshrouded the bridge spanning the harbor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enshrouds
  1. conceals
  2. shrouds
  3. obscures
  4. envelops
  5. hides
  6. wraps
  7. covers
  8. encloses
Verb
  • The snail’s diminutive size, however, conceals a massive secret.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Co-created by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green, Blue Eye Samurai follows the story of Mizu, a samurai who conceals her gender and mixed-race heritage after facing a life of discrimination, on a personal quest for revenge.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of conceals
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  • Officials recommended Friday that Marylanders, especially those with underlying medical conditions, stay indoors as the smoke shrouds the state.
    — Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026
  • To understand why that shrouds a black hole in mystery, consider how no signal can travel faster than light.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of shrouds
Verb
  • OpenAI’s use of a new technique that obscures AI agents’ chain of thought is alarming the research community.
    — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Like a fog that obscures the landscape but cannot alter it, the material senses appear to hide from us our true, spiritual identity.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscures
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  • Zai encounters them inside and on the streets, as a sense of terror envelops her.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • An eggy, algal cloud envelops us before the spring itself comes into view.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of envelops
Verb
  • Track how often your products appear in assistant answers, and track launch-window products apart from the catalog average, because the aggregate hides the cohort at risk.
    — Srijith Ravikumar, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That way the top of the boots hides beneath the hem and peeks out just enough to elongate your legs.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of hides
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  • In addition to the thong sandal straps on the vamp, the shoes also feature a slim slingback strap that wraps around the heel and is fastened by a small tonal buckle.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The tread wraps down from the shoulders, covering nearly a third of the sidewall.
    — Michael Febbo, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of wraps
Verb
  • The current ordering period covers missions through December 2032.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Deborah Haynes covers serious stuff, like foreign affairs, national security and defense — the sorts of topics that might not make good fodder for a snarky newsletter or a hot-talk podcast.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of covers
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  • The building encloses an acre of private landscaped courtyard, which the apartment’s airy living area overlooks.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 10 Aug. 2026
  • When a flower matures, the ovary of the flower matures into a fruit, and that fruit encloses the seeds.
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 30 July 2026
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“Enshrouds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enshrouds. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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