shroud
US /ʃraʊd/
・UK /ʃraʊd/
C1
noun
- Cover for a dead body
verb
- To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
Examples
(figurative) The nuclear project was cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.
A human form lay there, wrapped in a shroud.
US /ʃraʊd/
・UK /ʃraʊd/
(figurative) The nuclear project was cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.
A human form lay there, wrapped in a shroud.