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beshroud

beshroud verb: to cover with or as with a shroud.

Verb

beshroud (third-person singular simple present beshrouds, present participle beshrouding, simple past and past participle beshrouded)

  1. (transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.

Forms of beshroud

third-person singular presentbeshrouds
present participlebeshrouding
past participlebeshrouded
pastbeshrouded

Origin of beshroud

From be- + shroud. Compare Old English bescrȳdan (“to clothe, cover with a shroud”).

Questions about beshroud

What does beshroud mean?
Beshroud means to cover with or as with a shroud.
What part of speech is beshroud?
Beshroud is a verb.
What is the past tense of beshroud?
The past tense of beshroud is beshrouded.

Words near beshroud in the dictionary

  1. beshow
  2. beshrew
  3. beshrewed
  4. beshrewing
  5. beshrews
  6. beshroud
  7. beshrouded
  8. beshrouding
  9. beshrouds
  10. Besht
  11. Beshtian

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