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Meaning of shroud

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shroud
      n 1: a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a
           parachute
      2: (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at
         which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: {sheet},
         {tack}, {mainsheet}, {weather sheet}, {shroud}]
      3: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: {pall},
         {shroud}, {cerement}, {winding-sheet}, {winding-clothes}]
      v 1: cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this
           civilization are shrouded in mystery" [syn: {shroud},
           {enshroud}, {hide}, {cover}]
      2: form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"
      3: wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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