shroud

[US]/ʃraʊd/
[UK]/ʃraʊd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a burial garment; a covering; a ship's crossbeam; a protective covering
vt. to cover; to wrap in a burial garment.

Phrases & Collocations

cast a shroud

funeral shroud

shroud of mystery

Example Sentences

a shroud of mist.

The fog was a shroud of the city

they operate behind a shroud of secrecy.

under a shroud of fog.

mountains shrouded by cloud.

shrouded in an eerie veil of mist.

a peak shrouded in mist and cloud

A shroud of secrecy surrounds the plan.

The mist shrouding the walley had lifted.

shrouded their actions in a fog of disinformation.

the peaks were shrouded in mist.

much of her past is shrouded in mystery.

when ocean shrouds and sepulchres our dead.

the mystery which shrouds the origins of the universe.

The towers were shrouded in mist.

The hills were shrouded in mist.

the Holy Shroud of Turin is thought to have been proved inauthentic by radiocarbon dating.

And audiophile-grade crossovers are connected to the shrouded bi-wirable terminals to ensure the cleanest possible signal transmission.

a face shrouded by a heavy veil. See also Synonyms at hinder 1 obstacle

Main Mast Head: Shows the dead-eyes being put on the topmast shrouds, and the lanyards being reeved through the dead-eyes.Note: Its best to put the lower shrouds on first, before the top shrouds.

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