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ENSHROUD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enshroud mean? 

ENSHROUD (verb)
  The verb ENSHROUD has 1 sense:

1. cover as if with a shroudplay

  Familiarity information: ENSHROUD used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENSHROUD (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they enshroud  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it enshrouds  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: enshrouded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: enshrouded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: enshrouding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover as if with a shroud

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cover; enshroud; hide; shroud

Context example:

The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery

Hypernyms (to "enshroud" is one way to...):

enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP


 Context examples 


Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets by using Saturn's smog-enshrouded moon Titan as a stand-in.

(Sunsets on Titan reveal the complexity of hazy exoplanets, NASA)

That's how NuSTAR recently identified two gas-enshrouded supermassive black holes, located at the centers of nearby galaxies.

(Black Holes Hide in Our Cosmic Backyard, NASA)



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