shroud

1. 1.

   cover as if with a shroud

   “The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery”

   Synonymsenshroudhidecover

   Broaderenvelop
2. 2.

   form a cover like a shroud

   “Mist shrouded the castle”

   Broadercover
3. 3.

   wrap in a shroud

   “shroud the corpses”

   Broaderwrap

Other forms of shroud

plural

shrouds·

past tense

shrouded·

present participle

shrouding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shroud

What does shroud mean?

shroud means "a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shroud?

shroud has 1 syllable: shroud. In IPA it is /ˈʃɹaʊd/.

What is another word for shroud?

Close synonyms include sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, pall. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shroud a common word?

shroud is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with shroud?

1 word rhymes with shroud. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.