shroud

n.

1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog.
3. 1. Nautical. One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
   2. A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.
   3. One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.

v., shroud·ed, shroud·ing, shrouds.

v.tr.

1. To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.
2. To shut off from sight; screen. See synonyms at block.
3. Archaic. To shelter; protect.

v.intr. Archaic.

To take cover; find shelter.

[Middle English schrud, garment, from Old English scrūd.]

verb

1. To cut off from sight: block (out), conceal, hide¹, obscure, obstruct, screen, shut off (or out). See show/hide.
2. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure: cloak, clothe, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, infold, invest, veil, wrap. See show/hide.
3. To prevent (something) from being known: cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide¹, hush (up), mask, veil. Idioms: keep under cover, keep under wraps. See show/hide.

n. 1. (shrouds) a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing vessel and supporting the mast from the sides.

2. also shroud line each of the lines joining the canopy of a parachute to the harness.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A place under ground, as a crypt of a church.

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[Ar]

A sheet-like garment or covering used to wrap a corpse prior to burial.

IN BRIEF: The cloth used to cover a body that is being buried. Also: To hide, cover.

The cemetery worker carefully wrapped the body in a shroud.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - svøb, dække, liglagen, ligklæder
v. tr. - svøbe, hylde, indhylde, tilhylde, klæde et lig
v. intr. - søge ly

Nederlands (Dutch)
verhullen, versluieren, lijkwade, sluier

Français (French)
n. - linceul, suaire, (fig) voile, (Naut) hauban, suspente
v. tr. - envelopper
v. intr. - s'envelopper, être enveloppé de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leichentuch, Fangleine, (mar.) Wante, Schleier
v. - verhüllen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σάβανο, υφασμάτινο (προστατευτικό) περίβλημα, προστατευτικός πέπλος, (μηχαν.) περίβλημα "δρομέα" στροβίλου
v. - σαβανώνω, κουκουλώνω, σκεπάζω, (μτφ.) περιβάλλω, τυλίγω, κρύβω

Italiano (Italian)
velare, drappo funereo, velo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sudário (m), blindagem (f) (Mec.)
v. - amortalhar, cobrir, blindar

Русский (Russian)
саван, плащаница, покров, кожух, теплозащитная оболочка, стропа парашюта

Español (Spanish)
n. - mortaja, sudario, velo, manto
v. tr. - tapar, ocultar, amortajar, envolver
v. intr. - refugiarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svepning, hölje, slöja, vant (sjö)
v. - svepa lik, hölja, dölja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
裹尸布, 覆盖物, 寿衣, 给穿上寿衣, 掩蔽, 覆盖, 躲藏, 避难

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 裹屍布, 覆蓋物, 壽衣
v. tr. - 給穿上壽衣, 掩蔽, 覆蓋
v. intr. - 躲藏, 避難

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수의, 덮개, 슈라우드 (돛대 꼭대기에서 양쪽 뱃전으로 뻗치는 지삭)
v. tr. - 수의를 입히다, 싸서 가리다, 감추다
v. intr. - 감추다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 経かたびら, 覆い隠すもの, シュラウド, 覆い
v. - 経かたびらを着せる, 覆い隠す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كفن, غطاء, حجاب (فعل) يكفن, يغطي أو يحجب عن ألنظر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תכריכים, מעטה, רכסה, חבל-תורן, חבל-מצנח‬
v. tr. - ‮כיסה, עטף, אפף, כרך, הסתיר, הסווה‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתתר‬

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