Shroud

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–noun 

1. a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial. 

2. something that covers or conceals like a garment: a shroud of rain. 

3. Nautical. any of a number of taut ropes or wires converging from both sides on the head of a lower or upper mast (桅杆) of the outer end of a bowsprit to steady it against lateral sway: a part of the standing rigging. 

4. Also called shroud line. Aeronautics. any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy (頂篷). 

5. Also called shrouding. Machinery. 

a. (on a nonmetallic gear) an extended metal rim enclosing the ends of the teeth on either side. 

b. (on a water wheel) one of two rings of boards or plates enclosing the buckets at their ends.   

6. Rocketry. a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle.  



–verb (used with object) 

7. to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud. 

8. to cover; hide from view. 

9. to veil, as in obscurity or mystery: They shrouded [their past lives] in an effort to forget. 

10. to provide (a water wheel) with a shroud. 

11. Obsolete. to shelter. 

–verb (used without object) 

12. Archaic. to take shelter.  



—Synonyms 

1. winding sheet. 8. conceal, screen.





　

The central tragedy, presented in the opening minutes, thereafter hangs over the characters like a black shroud. On the way home from an outdoor student concert late one summer evening, 10-year-old Josh Learner, son of Ethan (Joaquin Phoenix) and Grace (Jennifer Connelly) and brother of Emma (Elle Fanning), is accidently hit near a gas station along a rural Connecticut road. Behind the wheel of the Ford Explorer is Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo), who's racing back from Fenway Park to drop son Lucas (Eddie Alderson) at the home of his impatient ex, Ruth (Mira Sorvino).





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