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shroud [ʃraʊd] n 1. (Clothing & Fashion) a garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body 2. anything that envelops like a garment a shroud of mist 3. a protective covering for a piece of equipment 4. (Astronautics) Astronautics a streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch 5. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical one of a pattern of ropes or cables used to stay a mast 6. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) any of a set of wire cables stretched between a smokestack or similar structure and the ground, to prevent side sway 7. (Engineering / Aeronautics) Also called shroud line any of a set of lines running from the canopy of a parachute to the harness vb
1. (tr) to wrap in a shroud 2. (tr) to cover, envelop, or hide 3. Archaic to seek or give shelter [Old English scrūd garment; related to Old Norse skrūth gear] shroudless adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
shroud noun 1. winding sheet, grave clothes, cerecloth, cerement a burial shroud Translations shroud [ʃraʊd] shroud [ˈʃraʊd] vt to be shrouded in mystery → être entouré(e) de mystère shrouded in secrecy The affair is shrouded in secrecy → Le plus grand secret entoure cette affaire. Shrove Tuesday [ˌʃrəʊvˈtjuːzdeɪ] n → (le) Mardi gras shroud n → Leichentuch nt, → Totenhemd nt (fig) → Schleier m; a shroud of smoke → Rauchschwaden pl; a shroud of secrecy → der Schleier eines Geheimnisses shrouds pl (Naut) → Wanten pl vt (lit) → in ein Leichentuch hüllen (fig) → hüllen; the whole thing is shrouded in mystery → die ganze Angelegenheit ist von einem Geheimnis umgeben shroud [ʃraʊd] 2. vt (fig) shrouded in (mist, darkness) → circondato/a da shrouded in mystery → avvolto/a nel mistero shroud [ʃraʊd] 2. vt (fig) shrouded in (mist, darkness) → circondato/a da shrouded in mystery → avvolto/a nel mistero n shroud [ʃraud] 1 a cloth wrapped around a dead body. doodskleed كَفَن покров rubáš ligklæde das Leichentuch σάβανο mortaja surilina كفن käärinliina linceul תַּכרִיכִים कफन mrtvački pokrov halotti lepel kain kapan líkklæði sindone, (lenzuolo funebre) 経かたびら 수의 įkapės līķauts kain kafan lijkkleed liksvøp całun mortalha giulgiu саван rubáš mrtvaški prt mrtvački pokrov svepning ผ้าห่อศพ kefen 裹屍布, 壽衣 саван کفن vải liệm 裹尸布, 寿衣 2 something that covers a shroud of mist. kleed سِتار покривало závoj dække die Hülle πέπλο, κάλυμμα velo kate پوشش verho voile כִּיסוּי आवरण pokrivalo, veo takaró sesuatu yang menyelimuti hjúpur, hula manto, coltre おおい 덮개 uždanga, šydas pārklājs; plīvurs; aizsegs litupan sluier teppe, svøp zasłona manto văl покров závoj koprena veo hölje, slöja ผ้าคลุม örtü 遮蔽物 пелена; заволока کوئی ڈھاپنے والی شے vật bao phủ 遮蔽物 v to cover or hide The incident was shrouded in mystery. geklee, verskuil يُغَطّي، يَكْتَنِف обвивам zahalit indhylle hüllen καλύπτω, κρύβω envolver katma, varjama پوشاندن verhota envelopper לְכָסוֹת छिपाना kriti, zaodjenuti (tajnom) eltakar menyelimuti, menyelubungi hylja, hjúpa avvolgere おおう 가리다 apgaubti pārklāt; ietīt; aizplīvurot menyelubungi hullen svøpe, innhylle osłaniać envolver a învălui окутывать zahaliť zakriti prekriti hölja, dölja ซ่อน örtmek; bürümek 掩蔽(蓋) обкутувати, обгортати چھپانا، ڈھاپنا bao phủ, che khuất 掩蔽(盖) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He has gone from the guddee and put on the shroud, And departed in guise of bairagi avowed! He stepped forward at a ghostly pace, and stood beside the widow, contrasting the awful simplicity of his shroud with the glare and glitter in which she had arrayed herself for this unhappy scene. Suddenly he found himself confronted by a dreadful figure clad in a shroud, whose pallor and stony eyes smote him with a horrible apprehension. |
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