shroud

  1. Noun.  That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
  2. Noun.  Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
  3. Noun.  That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
  4. Noun.  A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
  5. Noun.  The branching top of a tree; foliage.
  6. Noun.  (nautical) A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.
  7. Noun.  One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
  8. Verb.  To cover with a shroud.
  9. Verb.  To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.

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