shroud

  • 31shroud — [ʃraʊd] noun [C] I 1) a piece of cloth that is wrapped around a dead body before it is buried 2) literary something that covers or hides something II verb [T] shroud [ʃraʊd] to cover or hide something • be shrouded in secrecy / mystery to be very …

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  • 32shroud — /ʃraʊd / (say shrowd) noun 1. a white cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial. 2. something which covers or conceals like a garment: a shroud of rain. 3. (usually plural) Nautical one of a set of strong ropes extended from the… …

  • 33shroud — A metal enclosure around the fan, engine, etc., to guide and facilitate the flow of air. Also see heat shroud Housing over condenser, evaporator, or fan …

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  • 34shroud — [OE] Shroud originally meant simply ‘garment’ – a sense which survived into the early modern English period (‘My princely robes are laid aside, whose glittering pomp Diana’s shrouds supplies’, Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe, Dido Queen of… …

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  • 35Shroud (comics) — Shroud The Shroud. Art by Mark D. Bright. Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics …

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  • 36Shroud plate — Shroud Shroud (shroud), n. [OE. shroud, shrud, schrud, AS. scr[=u]d a garment, clothing; akin to Icel. skru[eth] the shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff, Sw. skrud dress, attire, and E. shred. See {Shred}, and cf. {Shrood}.] …

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  • 37Shroud of Shadow — is a novel written by Gael Baudino in 1994. It is the third in the Strands of Starlight tetralogy. The other novels are Strands of Starlight , Maze of Moonlight , and Strands of Sunlight [cite journal | year=1995 | month=January | title=Book… …

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  • 38shroud-waving — UK [ˈʃraʊd ˌweɪvɪŋ] US noun [uncountable] british the use of sad or frightening events or figures to draw attention to issues or to get a political advantage Thesaurus: bribery and manipulationhyponym to do something dishonestsynonym * * *… …

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  • 39Shroud-laid — a. Composed of four strands, and laid right handed with a heart, or center; said of rope. See Illust. under {Cordage}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 40Shroud of Turin, the — Shroud of Tu|rin, the [ ,ʃraud əv tu rın ] the shroud that some people believe Jesus s body was wrapped in …

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