SHROUD
\ʃɹˈa͡ʊd], \ʃɹˈaʊd], \ʃ_ɹ_ˈaʊ_d]\
Definitions of SHROUD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
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(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
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wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
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Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
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That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
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A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
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The branching top of a tree; foliage.
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A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
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One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
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To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
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To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
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To take shelter or harbor.
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To lop. See Shrood.
By Oddity Software
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That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
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Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
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That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
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A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
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The branching top of a tree; foliage.
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A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
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One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
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To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
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To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
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To take shelter or harbor.
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To lop. See Shrood.
By Noah Webster.
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A winding sheet, dress, or covering for the dead; anything that covers or conceals.
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To hide or conceal with a covering; veil.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The dress of the dead: that which clothes or covers:-pl.a.set of ropes from the mast-heads to a ship's sides, to support the masts.
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To inclose in a shroud: to cover: to hide: to shelter.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To clothe in a shroud; envelop; veil.
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A garment for the dead; winding-sheet.
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One of a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a vessel. Usually in the plural.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo Saxon, Icelandic] That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment;—especially, a winding-sheet a cover; a shield;—the crypt of a cathedral church;—pl. A set of ropes reaching from the mast-heads to the sides of a vessel to support the masts.