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1
: burial garment : winding-sheet, cerement
2
: something that covers, screens, or guards: such as
a
: one of two flanges that give peripheral support to turbine or fan bedding
b
: a guard (as of ceramic or fiberglass) that protects a spacecraft from the heat of launching
3
a
: one of the ropes leading usually in pairs from a ship's mastheads to give lateral support to the masts
b
: one of the cords that suspend the harness of a parachute from the canopy
4
obsolete
: shelter, protection
shrouded; shrouding; shrouds
1
a
: to cut off from view : obscure
trees shrouded by fog
this point is shrouded in uncertainty—
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b
: to veil under another appearance (as by obscuring or disguising)
shrouded the decision in a series of formalities
2
: to dress for burial
3
a
archaic
: to cover for protection
b
obsolete
: conceal
archaic
: to seek shelter
Examples of shroud in a Sentence
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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Marin Scott, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
The opposition needs to offer a credible safe exit for these regime insiders, convincing them that the Islamic Republic is no longer their shield, but their shroud.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Mentally, there's something soothing about the fact that the hotel itself is shrouded in foliage.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
One man is covered with a bloody white shroud inside a body bag.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
The opposition needs to offer a credible safe exit for these regime insiders, convincing them that the Islamic Republic is no longer their shield, but their shroud.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
His bulk, shrouded in a floor-length poncho, appeared almost weightless, ectoplasmic.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Mentally, there's something soothing about the fact that the hotel itself is shrouded in foliage.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Shroud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shroud. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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shroud
1 of 2 noun1
: the cloth placed over or around a dead body
2
: something that covers or shelters like a shroud
a shroud of secrecy
3
: one of the ropes that go from the masthead of a ship to the sides to provide support to the mast
shroud
2 of 2 verb
: to cover with or as if with a shroud
shrouded in fog
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