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shroud

Definitions


[ʃraʊd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial
(e.g: he was buried in a linen shroud)

- a thing that envelops or obscures something
(e.g: a shroud of mist)

- a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing boat and supporting the mast or topmast


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English scrūd ‘garment, clothing’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘cut’; related to shred. An early sense of the verb (Middle English) was ‘cover so as to protect’


[ʃraʊd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial
(e.g: the body was washed and shrouded)

- cover or envelop so as to conceal from view
(e.g: mountains shrouded by cloud)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English scrūd ‘garment, clothing’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘cut’; related to shred. An early sense of the verb (Middle English) was ‘cover so as to protect’




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