SHROUD

Shroud

Shroud is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in Super-Villain Team-Up #5,, and was created by Steve Englehart and Herb Trimpe.

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shroud

Noun

  1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
  2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
  3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
  4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
  5. The branching top of a tree; foliage.
  6. A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.
  7. One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.

Verb

  1. To cover with a shroud.
  2. To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
    The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.
    The truth behind their weekend retreat was shrouded in obscurity.
  3. To take shelter or harbour.


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