Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shroud
IPA transcription: [ʃɹ'aʊd]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: shroud, enshroud, hide, cover
    Meaning: cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
Usage examples
  • Among them was a large white drapery, which she easily disposed as a shroud.
  • It thrilled him with a vague uncertain horror, to know that behind the dusky shroud, there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, could see nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of black.