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# shroud

«shroud» in Mova's school dictionary: **wrapped in before burial** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a shroud, shrouds); verb (shroud, shrouds, shrouded, shrouding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A cloth that a dead body is wrapped in before burial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#m1)

2) (noun) Something that covers or hides: "a shroud of mist", "a shroud of secrecy". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#m2)

3) (verb) To cover or hide something: "Fog shrouded the town." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#m3)

4) (noun, sailing) One of the ropes that hold a ship's mast steady. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history and religion lessons, bodies were wrapped in shrouds; the Turin Shroud is a famous cloth that some Christians believe wrapped Jesus's body, though its age is disputed. In stories, "shrouded in mystery" means hidden and secret. Phrases: shrouded in mist, shrouded in mystery, a shroud of secrecy, burial shroud.

### examples

- The castle was shrouded in fog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#x1)
- The old house was shrouded in mystery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#x2)
- The body was wrapped in a white shroud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#x3)
- A shroud of smoke hung over the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#x4)
- The plan was kept under a shroud of secrecy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#x5)
- The sailor climbed the shrouds to the top of the mast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#x6)
- She went up to the corpse, and drew away its shroud from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/#x7)

### note

"Shrouded in" is the common pattern. Rhymes with "cloud". Scientists who tested the Turin Shroud dated it to the Middle Ages; others still argue.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shroud» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.