Shroud

noun

  1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

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  2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.

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  3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.

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  4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.

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  5. The branching top of a tree; foliage.

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  6. A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.

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  7. One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.

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verb

  1. To cover with a shroud.

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  2. To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.

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