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shroud
verb [T] /ʃraʊd/Definition
› to hide something by covering or surrounding it: Visitors have complained about the scaffolding that shrouds half the castle. Suddenly all the lights went out and the house was shrouded in darkness. The mist shrouding the valley had lifted by eight o'clock.Hiding and disguising
(Definition of shroud verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be holed up idiom
- camouflage noun
- cloak verb
- conceal verb
- concealment noun
- cover/hide a multitude of sins idiom
- fig leaf noun (FALSE)
- go/be run to ground idiom
- hiding noun (PLACE)
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere) phrasal verb
- illusion noun
- lurk verb
- patina noun
- prowl noun
- secrete verb (HIDE)
- shroud noun (HIDE)
- shut sth out phrasal verb
- sidle verb
- skulk verb
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