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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 shroud
Familiarity information: ENSHROUD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it enshrouds Past simple: enshrouded
Past participle: enshrouded
-ing form: enshrouding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cover as if with a shroud
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
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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