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overshroud

overshroud verb: to cover from above like a shroud.

Verb

overshroud (third-person singular simple present overshrouds, present participle overshrouding, simple past and past participle overshrouded)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To cover from above like a shroud.

Forms of overshroud

third-person singular presentovershrouds
present participleovershrouding
past participleovershrouded
pastovershrouded

Origin of overshroud

From over- + shroud.

Questions about overshroud

What does overshroud mean?
Overshroud means to cover from above like a shroud.
What part of speech is overshroud?
Overshroud is a verb.
What is the past tense of overshroud?
The past tense of overshroud is overshrouded.

Words near overshroud in the dictionary

  1. overshrank
  2. overshrewd
  3. overshrink
  4. overshrinking
  5. overshrinks
  6. overshroud
  7. overshrouded
  8. overshrouding
  9. overshrouds
  10. overshrunk
  11. oversialylated

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