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noun | verb shroudshroud1 /ʃraʊd/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYshroud1Origin: Old English scrud ► a shroud of mist/smoke/darkness etc. The castle stood in a shroud of mist. 1a cloth that is wrapped around a dead person’s body before it is buried2something that hides or covers something: a shroud of mist/smoke/darkness etc. The castle stood in a shroud of mist.3a shroud of secrecy/mystery/silence etc. literary a feeling or quality that surrounds a situation and hides its true nature noun | verb shroudshroud2 verb VERB TABLEshroud |
Present | I, you, we, they | shroud | | he, she, it | shrouds | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | shrouded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have shrouded | | he, she, it | has shrouded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had shrouded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will shroud | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have shrouded |
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Present | I | am shrouding | | he, she, it | is shrouding | | you, we, they | are shrouding | Past | I, he, she, it | was shrouding | | you, we, they | were shrouding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been shrouding | | he, she, it | has been shrouding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been shrouding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be shrouding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been shrouding |
► be shrouded in mist/smoke etc. The ship was shrouded in clouds of steam and gray smoke. 1[transitive usually passive] to cover or hide something: be shrouded in mist/smoke etc. The ship was shrouded in clouds of steam and gray smoke.2be shrouded in mystery/secrecy etc. to be mysterious, secret, etc.: The work is shrouded in secrecy. |