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shrouding

shrouding is the present participle and gerund of shroud.

Meaning of shroud

Verb (1)

shroud (third-person singular simple present shrouds, present participle shrouding, simple past and past participle shrouded)

  1. To cover with a shroud.
    • The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
  2. To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
    • The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.
  3. To take shelter or harbour.
    • [T]hough this my vvorke, ovvne not vvorth enough to deſerve your patronage, yet ſuch is your benigne humanity, that I am confident you vvill daigne it your protection, under vvhich it vvillingly ſhrovvdes it ſelfe.1634, William Wood, “To the Right Worshipfull, My Much Honored Friend, Sir William Armyne, Knight and Baronet”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of...

Verb (2)

shroud (third-person singular simple present shrouds, present participle shrouding, simple past and past participle shrouded)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To lop the branches from (a tree).

See all 12 meanings of shroud

Noun

shrouding (plural shroudings)

  1. A shroud (annular plate at the periphery of a water wheel, forming side of bucket).

Forms of shrouding

pluralshroudings

Questions about shrouding

What does shrouding mean?
Shrouding means a shroud (annular plate at the periphery of a water wheel, forming side of bucket).
What is shrouding the present participle and gerund of?
Shrouding is the present participle and gerund of shroud.
What part of speech is shrouding?
Shrouding is a noun.
What is the plural of shrouding?
The plural of shrouding is shroudings.

Words near shrouding in the dictionary

  1. shrouders
  2. shroudest
  3. shroudeth
  4. shroudie
  5. shroudies
  6. shrouding
  7. shroudings
  8. shroudless
  9. shroudlike
  10. shrouds
  11. shroudy

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