shroud[noun]Synonyms:- winding sheet, grave clothes
- covering, mantle, pall, screen, veil
[verb]Synonyms:- conceal, blanket, cloak, cover, envelop, hide, screen, veil
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. shroud1 /ʃraʊd/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: scrud]
1. a cloth that is wrapped around a dead person’s body before it is buried
2. literary something that hides or covers something:
The fog rolled in, and a grey shroud covered the city.shroud of A shroud of silence surrounded the general’s death. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. shroud2 verb [transitive usually in passive] literary1. to cover or hide something:
Joseph was shrouded under a dark blanket.be shrouded in something The cliff was shrouded in mist.2. to keep information secret so that people do not know what really happened
be shrouded in something The incident has always been shrouded in mystery. The work is shrouded in secrecy. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲