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unshroud

unshroud verb: to remove a shroud from; to uncover.

Verb

unshroud (third-person singular simple present unshrouds, present participle unshrouding, simple past and past participle unshrouded)

  1. (transitive) To remove a shroud from; to uncover.
    • At length the piercing sun his team unshrouds1633, Phineas Fletcher, The Purple Island

Forms of unshroud

third-person singular presentunshrouds
present participleunshrouding
past participleunshrouded
pastunshrouded

Origin of unshroud

From un- + shroud.

Questions about unshroud

What does unshroud mean?
Unshroud means to remove a shroud from; to uncover.
What part of speech is unshroud?
Unshroud is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshroud?
The past tense of unshroud is unshrouded.

Words near unshroud in the dictionary

  1. unshrinks
  2. unshrived
  3. unshriveled
  4. unshrivelled
  5. unshriven
  6. unshroud
  7. unshrouded
  8. unshrouding
  9. unshrouds
  10. unshrubbed
  11. unshrubd

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