Look up: Shroud

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   shroud
   [Verb] To cover or hide.
   Example: The village was shrouded in mist for most of the day.
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   shroud
   [n] - a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute 2. [v] - form a cover like a shroud 3. [v] - cover as if with a shroud 4. [v] - wrap in a shroud
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   Shroud
   A gaseous and/or mechanical or physical barrier placed around the spraying process designed to reduce the ingress of air into the system and so reduce oxidation of the of the particles being sprayed.
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   shroud
   extension of the fixed surface of aerofoil projecting behind hinge line of movable surface in order to reduce drag or to improve flight control Category: Transport • a structure or surface on an aircraft or rocket that functions to reduce drag,such as the streamlined nose of a satellite-launching rocket Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a part of a component or ...
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   Shroud
   Shroud (shroud) noun [ Middle English shroud , shrud , schrud , Anglo-Saxon scrūd a garment, clothing; akin to Icelandic skruš the shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff, Swedish skrud dress, attire, and English shred . See Shred , and confer Shrood .] 1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or prot ...
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   Shroud
   Shroud transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shrouded ; present participle & verbal noun Shrouding .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon scr...dan . See Shroud , noun ] 1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave. « The ancient Egyptian mum ...
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   Shroud
   Shroud intransitive verb To take shelter or harbor. [ Obsolete] « If your stray attendance be yet lodged, Or shroud within these limits.» Milton.
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   Shroud
   Shroud transitive verb To lop. See Shrood . [ Prov. Eng.]
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   shroud
   1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment. 'Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds.' (Sandys) ... 2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet. 'A dead man in his shroud.' ... 3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud. 'Jura answers through her misty shroud.' (Byron) ... 4. A covered place used as a retreat or she ...
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    shroud
    hide verb cover as if with a shroud; `The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery`
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    shroud
    cerement noun burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
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    Shroud
    `Shroud` usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to `burial sheets`, such as the famous Shroud of Turin or `Tachrichim` (burial shrouds) that Jews are dressed in for burial. Traditionally, burial shrouds are made of wool or linen, though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre. Orthodox Christians also sometimes use a burial shroud, usu...
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    Shroud
    • (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil. • (n.) The branching top of a tree; foliage. • (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt. • (n.) To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for ...
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    shroud
    (from the article `religious dress`) ...and by the host at the seder (meal) on Passover (a feast celebrating the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt in the 13th century ). Officiants at the ... For all Muslims of whatever sect the standard graveclothes are the threefold linen shroud, or kafan: the izr, or lower garment; the rid`, or upper ...
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    shroud
    (from the article `rigging`) The basis of all rigging is the mast, which may be composed of one or many pieces of wood or metal. The mast is supported by stays and shrouds that ...
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    shroud
    a part of a component or an accessory which provides physical protection to otherwise exposed terminals or contacts
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