shroud
Nouns
- (n) a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
- (n) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind mainsheet, weather sheet, tack, sheet,
- (n) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped cerement, winding-clothes, winding-sheet, pall,
Verbs
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(v) cover as if with a shroud
- The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery
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(v) form a cover like a shroud
- Mist shrouded the castle
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(v) wrap in a shroud
- shroud the corpses