(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a cloth which is used for wrapping a dead body.
N-COUNT
2.
You can refer to something that surrounds an object or situation as a ~ of something.
...a parked car huddled under a ~ of grey snow...
Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a ~ of secrecy.
N-COUNT: N of n
3.
If something has been ~ed in mystery or secrecy, very little information about it has been made available.
For years the teaching of acting has been ~ed in mystery.
...the secrecy which has ~ed the whole affair.
VERB: be V-ed in n, V n
4.
If darkness, fog, or smoke ~s an area, it covers it so that it is difficult to see.
Mist ~ed the outline of Buckingham Palace.
VERB: V n