shroud

/ʃɹˈaʊd/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. cover as if with a shroud
   “The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery”
2. form a cover like a shroud
   “Mist shrouded the castle”
3. wrap in a shroud
   “shroud the corpses”

noun

1. a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
2. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
3. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

Synonyms for shroud

• enshroud
• hide
• cover
• sheet
• tack
• mainsheet
• weather sheet
• pall
• cerement
• winding-sheet
• winding-clothes

Words that rhyme with shroud

• cloud
• crowd
• bowed
• loud
• aloud
• overcrowd
• proud
• avowed
• endowed
• enshroud
• ploughed
• plowed
• allowed
• browed
• cowed
• daoud
• disallowed
• disavowed
• doud
• dowd
• emeraude
• goude
• houde
• icloud
• mccloud
• mcleod
• mcloud
• odowd
• sowed
• stroud