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Definitions for Shroud

[1] a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
[2] something that covers or conceals like a garment: a shroud of rain.
[3] Nautical . any of a number of taut ropes or wires converging from both sides on the head of a lower or upper mast of the outer end of a bowsprit to steady it against lateral sway: a part of the standing rigging.
[4] Also called shroud line . Aeronautics . any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy.
[5] Also called shroud·ing. Machinery . (on a nonmetallic gear) an extended metal rim enclosing the ends of the teeth on either side. (on a water wheel) one of two rings of boards or plates enclosing the buckets at their ends.
[6] Rocketry . a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle.
[7] to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud.
[8] to cover; hide from view.
[9] to veil, as in obscurity or mystery: They shrouded their past lives in an effort to forget.
[10] to provide (a water wheel) with a shroud.
[11] Obsolete . to shelter.
[12] Archaic . to take shelter.
[13] a garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body
[14] anything that envelops like a garment a shroud of mist
[15] a protective covering for a piece of equipment
[16] astronautics a streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch
[17] nautical one of a pattern of ropes or cables used to stay a mast
[18] any of a set of wire cables stretched between a smokestack or similar structure and the ground, to prevent side sway
[19] Also called: shroud line any of a set of lines running from the canopy of a parachute to the harness
[20] (tr) to wrap in a shroud
[21] (tr) to cover, envelop, or hide
[22] archaic to seek or give shelter

Words related to Shroud

veil, cloak, pall, envelope, sheet, garment, dress, screen, cover, shelter, shade, wrap, vault, shadow, clothing, cerement, cerecloth

Words nearby Shroud

shriver, shroff, shroom, shropshire, shropshire lad, a, shroud, shroud of turin, shroud-laid, shrove, shrove monday, shrove sunday

Origin of Shroud

before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English scrūd; cognate with Old Norse skrūth; akin to shred; (v.) Middle English shrouden, derivative of the noun; replacing Middle English shriden, Old English scrȳdan, derivative of scrūd

Other words from Shroud

shroud·less , adjective
shroud·like , adjective

Word origin for Shroud

Old English scrūd garment; related to Old Norse skrūth gear

Synonyms for Shroud

cloak, pall, veil, cerecloth, cerement, cerements, clothing, cover, dress, envelope, garment, screen, shade, shadow, sheet, shelter, vault, winding-sheet, wrap, grave-clothes, winding sheet