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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : shroud
Phonetic Transcription : ʃraʊd



Definition of shrouded

Origin :
  • Old English scrud "a garment, clothing, dress," from West Germanic *skruthan, from Proto-Germanic *skrud- "cut" (cf. Old Norse skruð "shrouds of a ship, tackle, gear; furniture of a church," Danish, Swedish skrud "dress, attire"), from PIE *skreu- "to cut" (see shred (n.)).
  • Specific meaning "winding-sheet, cloth or sheet for burial," to which the word now is restricted, first attested 1560s. Sense of "strong rope supporting the mast of a ship" (mid-15c.) is from the notion of "clothing" a spar or mast; one without rigging was said to be naked.
  • As in misty : adj filmy, obscure
  • As in privy : adj secret
  • As in secret : adj hidden, unrevealed
  • As in ulterior : adj secret; pertaining to a hidden goal
  • As in unseen : adj hidden
  • As in veiled : adj disguised
  • As in wrapped : adj covered
  • As in obscured : adj ulterior
  • As in concealed : adj hidden, secret
  • As in covert : adj clandestine, underhanded
  • As in hidden : adj unseen, secret
  • As in obscure : verb conceal, hide
  • As in screen : verb hide, protect
  • As in secrete : verb hide
  • As in shut off/shut out : verb exclude; screen
  • As in smother : verb extinguish; cover, hide
  • As in veil : verb hide
  • As in wrap : verb surround with a covering
  • As in block out : verb try to forget
  • As in shut out : verb exclude
  • As in bury : verb conceal, cover
  • As in enwrap : verb wrap
  • As in infold : verb wrap
  • As in cloak : verb disguise
  • As in stash : verb hide
  • As in cover : verb wrap, hide
  • As in disguise : verb mask; misrepresent
  • As in dissemble : verb disguise, pretend
  • As in eclipse : verb obscure, veil
  • As in enfold : verb embrace, hug
  • As in enshroud : verb cover
  • As in envelop : verb encase, hide
  • As in hide : verb conceal; remain unseen
Example sentences :
  • Then the door was shrouded by an ever-changing semicircle of curious observers.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Princess Mary's charming countenance was shrouded with a dull pallor.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • His face, shrouded in a high-growing, dust-coloured beard, invited no attention.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • It is a point that I fear will always be shrouded in mystery.
  • Extract from : « The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use » by Henry Saint-George
  • They were shrouded in the fog which made the night heavy, opaque, and nauseous.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant
  • I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The steady blaze of two colossal fires was shrouded by vast screens.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • I say nothing of father, for he is shrouded in a mystery I have never been able to penetrate.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • All was shrouded in the city silence, which yet has a peculiar, monotonous ring in it.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
  • Returning, she crept to the window, shrouded as it was by the inner curtain.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King

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