Meaning of "shroud" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHROUD

Old English scrūd garment; related to Old Norse skrūth gear.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SHROUD

shroud  [ʃraʊd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHROUD

Shroud is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shroud in English.

WHAT DOES SHROUD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shroud

Shroud usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to burial sheets, mound shroud, grave clothes, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the famous Shroud of Turin or Tachrichim that Jews are dressed in for burial. Traditionally, mound shrouds are made of white cotton, wool or linen, though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre. Intermixture of two or more such fibres is forbidden, a proscription that ultimately derives from the Torah, viz., Deut. 22:11. The Early Christian Church also strongly encouraged the use of winding-sheets, except for monarchs and bishops, and their use was general until at least the Renaissance - clothes were very expensive, and they had the advantage that a good set of clothes was not lost to the family. Orthodox Christians still use a burial shroud, usually decorated with a cross and the Trisagion. The special shroud that is used during the Orthodox Holy Week services is called an Epitaphios.

Definition of shroud in the English dictionary

The first definition of shroud in the dictionary is a garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body. Other definition of shroud is anything that envelops like a garment. Shroud is also a protective covering for a piece of equipment.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHROUD

PRESENT

Present

I shroud

you shroud

he/she/it shrouds

we shroud

you shroud

they shroud

Present continuous

I am shrouding

you are shrouding

he/she/it is shrouding

we are shrouding

you are shrouding

they are shrouding

Present perfect

I have shrouded

you have shrouded

he/she/it has shrouded

we have shrouded

you have shrouded

they have shrouded

Present perfect continuous

I have been shrouding

you have been shrouding

he/she/it has been shrouding

we have been shrouding

you have been shrouding

they have been shrouding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I shrouded

you shrouded

he/she/it shrouded

we shrouded

you shrouded

they shrouded

Past continuous

I was shrouding

you were shrouding

he/she/it was shrouding

we were shrouding

you were shrouding

they were shrouding

Past perfect

I had shrouded

you had shrouded

he/she/it had shrouded

we had shrouded

you had shrouded

they had shrouded

Past perfect continuous

I had been shrouding

you had been shrouding

he/she/it had been shrouding

we had been shrouding

you had been shrouding

they had been shrouding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will shroud

you will shroud

he/she/it will shroud

we will shroud

you will shroud

they will shroud

Future continuous

I will be shrouding

you will be shrouding

he/she/it will be shrouding

we will be shrouding

you will be shrouding

they will be shrouding

Future perfect

I will have shrouded

you will have shrouded

he/she/it will have shrouded

we will have shrouded

you will have shrouded

they will have shrouded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been shrouding

you will have been shrouding

he/she/it will have been shrouding

we will have been shrouding

you will have been shrouding

they will have been shrouding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would shroud

you would shroud

he/she/it would shroud

we would shroud

you would shroud

they would shroud

Conditional continuous

I would be shrouding

you would be shrouding

he/she/it would be shrouding

we would be shrouding

you would be shrouding

they would be shrouding

Conditional perfect

I would have shroud

you would have shroud

he/she/it would have shroud

we would have shroud

you would have shroud

they would have shroud

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been shrouding

you would have been shrouding

he/she/it would have been shrouding

we would have been shrouding

you would have been shrouding

they would have been shrouding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you shroud
we let´s shroud
you shroud

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to shroud

Past participle

shrouded

Present Participle

shrouding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SHROUD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shroud» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of shroud

blanket · cerecloth · cerement · cloak · cloud · conceal · cover · covering · envelop · grave clothes · hide · mantle · pall · screen · surround · swathe · veil · winding sheet

TRANSLATION OF SHROUD

Find out the translation of shroud to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shroud from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shroud» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 裹尸布
• Translator English - Spanish: sudario
• English: shroud
• Translator English - Hindi: कफन
• Translator English - Arabic: كفن
• Translator English - Russian: саван
• Translator English - Portuguese: mortalha
• Translator English - Bengali: আবরণ
• Translator English - French: linceul
• Translator English - Malay: Kain kafan
• Translator English - German: Leichentuch
• Translator English - Japanese: 死に装束
• Translator English - Korean: 수의
• Translator English - Javanese: Shroud
• Translator English - Vietnamese: che đậy
• Translator English - Tamil: அடைப்பானின்
• Translator English - Marathi: आच्छादन
• Translator English - Turkish: kefen
• Translator English - Italian: lenzuolo funebre
• Translator English - Polish: Osłona
• Translator English - Ukrainian: саван
• Translator English - Romanian: giulgiu
• Translator English - Greek: σάβανο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kleed
• Translator English - Swedish: svepning
• Translator English - Norwegian: liksvøpet

5 QUOTES WITH «SHROUD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shroud.

1

Honore de Balzac

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

2

Gordon B. Hinckley

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

3

Ari Millen

'Orphan Black' tends to, for their auditions, shroud it in secrecy and change names.

4

Anna Seward

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

5

M. Night Shyamalan

I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHROUD»

Discover the use of shroud in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shroud and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Shroud for a Nightingale

Hailed as “mystery at its best” by The New York Times, Shroud for a Nightingale is the fourth book in bestselling author P.D. James’s Adam Dalgliesh mystery series.

P.D. James, 2012

Architecture for the Shroud: Relic and Ritual in Turin

In this amply illustrated volume, John Beldon Scott traces the history of the unique relic, focusing especially on the black-marble and gilt-bronze structure Guarino Guarini designed to house and exhibit it.

John Beldon Scott, 2003

The Lady of the Shroud

Set in the early nineteenth century, Bram's fiction "The Lady of the Shroud" is full of mystical and super-natural elements. A brilliant presentation of a lady who appears always in a shroud, this work engrosses the readers.

Bram Stoker, 2009

The Turin Shroud: How Da Vinci Fooled History

The authors of The Templar Revelation and The Sion Revelation draw on new findings to contend that the shroud was created by Leonardo Da Vinci, who they believe used sophisticated methods and his own image to create the shroud as a ...

Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, 2007

The Sign: The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection

This astonishing book will appeal to readers around the world and is a must for fans of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, Inferno by Dan Brown and Diarmaid MacCulloch's A History of Christianity.

Thomas de Wesselow, 2012

The Shroud Codex

From Jerome R. Corsi, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Obama Nation, comes a magnificent, thought-provoking first novel.

Jerome R. Corsi, 2010

The Shroud of Turin: An Imprint of the Soul, Apparition Or ...

According to this theory, the Shroud image is an imprint of the Quantum Self. This is the first book on Shroud of Turin by an Indian author, and proposes for the first time, the quantum bio-holographic idea to explain the Shroud image.

Chidambaram Ramesh, 2010

Relic, Icon or Hoax?: Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud

The book discusses the application of accelerator mass spectrometry to the carbon dating of the Turin Shroud using samples only a few square centimeters in area and weighing only a few tens of milligrams.

Harry E Gove, 1996

Secret of the Shroud

A terrified apostle in AD 33 ... a tragic child in the 1950s ... a slick church leader in the twenty-first century ... all linked by the secret of the Shroud of Turin and by something more.

Pamela Binnings Ewen, 2010

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John Banville, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHROUD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shroud is used in the context of the following news items.

Pope prays before Shroud of Turin, speaks to workers

(CNN) Pope Francis prayed Sunday before the Shroud of Turin, a strip of ... The shroud appears to bear the image of a man who resembles paintings of Christ. «CNN, Jun 15»

Rare ancient Egyptian shroud fetches 374000 euros at auction

A rare 3,400-year-old Egyptian burial shroud fetched 374,000 euros ($426,000) at auction in Paris Thursday, on the latest leg of a journey that has seen it ... «Raw Story, Jun 15»

Speed limit enforcement bill wins 'Shroud Award'

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Lawmakers have given the “Shroud Award” for the deadest bill of the legislative session to an idea to let small cities enforce speed ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»

Pope Francis Pays for Rome's Homeless to Visit the Shroud of Turin

The pontiff, who has made helping the poor and downtrodden a hallmark of his papacy, has reportedly footed the bill for two busloads of homeless people to visit ... «People Magazine, Jun 15»

Is this Jesus Christ as a child? Italian police reverse ageing on Turin …

The Church does not officially maintain that Christ's body was wrapped in the shroud or that any miracles were involved in the creation of the image now on ... «Daily Mail, May 15»

Is the Shroud of Turin real? Some say it doesn't matter

The Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old, 14-foot-long linen cloth carrying the image of a man who suffered injuries in a manner consistent with crucifixion. «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Apr 15»

An Ancient Shroud and an Eternal Debate

When the Shroud of Turin goes on display Sunday for the first time in five years, it will revive a long-running debate as to whether it is a medieval fabrication ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»

Lift extreme secrecy shroud over RCMP harassment case, lawyer …

A shroud of secrecy thrown over part of an extraordinary case involving allegations of harassment within the RCMP should be lifted to as much as possible, ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»

Pope Francis' visit to Turin will highlight shroud, young people …

Pope Francis will spend two days in Turin to venerate the Shroud of Turin; meet young people, workers, juvenile detainees, immigrants and the sick; and visit ... «National Catholic Reporter, Mar 15»

Mother told to cover up with 'ridiculous shroud' while breastfeeding …

Posting pictures of the incident online, she wrote: “Asked to cover up with this ridiculous shroud while #breastfeeding so not to cause offence @ClaridgesHotel ... «Evening Standard, Dec 14»