vi to take shelter or harbor.
2. shroud ·noun the branching top of a tree; foliage.
3. shroud ·vt to lop. ·see shrood.
4. shroud ·noun that which covers or shelters like a shroud.
5. shroud ·noun especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
6. shroud ·noun that which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
7. shroud ·noun a covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
8. shroud ·noun to cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
9. shroud ·noun one of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
10. shroud ·noun to cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
11. shroud ·noun a set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. the lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.