to enshroud
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8.2
- verb
- /ɪnˈʃraʊd/
- Literature
:
envolver
- So imagined, the blotting paper serves as a veil or mantle enshrouding the writer's work in secrecy.
- dust enshrouds
- veil of clouds enshrouding
- Darkness enshrouds
Would this enshrouding were the emancipation of matter?
- Would this enshrouding were the emancipation of matter?
Examples
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Now these problems have been solved using new theories in which massive halos enshroud galaxies.
Academic text (1995) -
My assistants will enshroud her in this perfectly ordinary paisley shawl.
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Veate wrapped the towel around her head, enshrouding her hair, and turned and walked toward Khadaji.
Fiction book (1991) -
Heading into the woods to reconnect, Russell breaks his leg in an accident, forcing the two to work together in order to survive not just the elements but the creatures that seemingly dwell within the mist that enshrouds the forest.
Blog text (15) -
It is the dove's song from Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, a melody of such inchoate sorrow it enshrouds him in melancholy.
Fiction book (1990) -
The fog enshrouded the valley, making it impossible to see the houses below.
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The truth was enshrouded in mystery, leaving everyone puzzled about what really happened.
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His emotions were enshrouded by a heavy silence, preventing anyone from knowing how he felt.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To keep something so others cannot see or understand it
∞
1.0
To put something over another thing to protect or hide it
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3.7
To hide something so people cannot see or find out about it
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3.7
To hide something so others cannot see or find it
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1.6
To cover something completely so it cannot be seen
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3.7
To cover part of something to hide or protect it
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7.0
Make something hard to see or understand
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4.4
To make something less clear or bright by covering it
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4.5
To surround something completely, like fog or darkness
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6.0
To cover something completely, often with a cloth
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4.9
To cover something completely so nothing can get in or out
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1.0
To block strong light by making a shadow or using a cover
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5.0
To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it
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4.2
To cover completely with something so it is hard to see or reach
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4.6
To cover completely so it cannot be seen, often by water or strong feeling
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5.4
Hide something so you cannot see it or remember it
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5.6
To cover something completely, as if by a blanket or mist
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4.2
Cover something completely so it cannot be seen or noticed
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7.7
Hidden and hard to understand because it is secret
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7.2
To cover something completely, like fog or snow
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8.1
Hide something carefully where others cannot find it
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8.0
To cover something completely, often by surrounding it with cloth or paper
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5.7
Covered by mist so you cannot see far
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9.3
To block something from view by passing in front of it
Make the view hard to see because of fog or smoke
Antonyms
How Concealed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enshroud comes from the prefix en- ('to put into' or 'in') and shroud, a word for a 'cloth' once used to wrap a dead body. So to enshroud something is to cover it completely and hide it from view.