shrouding
present participle ofshroud
shroud
verb[T]
uk/ʃraʊd/us/ʃraʊd/tohidesomething bycoveringorsurroundingit:
Visitors havecomplainedabout thescaffoldingthat shroudshalfthecastle.
Suddenly all thelightswent out and thehousewas shroudedindarkness.
Themistshrouding thevalleyhadliftedby eight o'clock.
Hiding and disguising
- be holed upidiom
- booby trap
- camo
- camouflage
- camouflaged
- cloak
- drown
- hiding
- hit the deckidiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- secrete
- shroud
- shut
- shutsomeone/somethingout
- sidle
- skulk
- smokescreen
- tuck
Idiom
be shrouded in secrecy/mystery
Examplesofshrouding
shrouding
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We criticise the secrecyshroudingthe work of the economic council.
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The only question that is pursued is the existence of equipment, not the detailed nature of it, which can be disguised byshrouding.
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By concentrating on that aspect of our parliamentary affairs, the press isshroudingits own misdemeanours.
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I am afraid that again an unwise political expediency isshroudingthe truth.
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It is only with the development of electromicroscopy that asbestosis can be properly identified, because of theshroudingof the fibres by what are often carcinogenic growths.
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There is noshroudingor mystery.
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The staggered poly arrangement improves airflow by reducing valveshroudingand eliminating the sharp runner turns of inline valve arrangements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Poetry blossoms,shroudingunrecognisable figures where trees, animals and people merge into hybrid beings that undergo constant metamorphosis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shroudinggases may be employed to protect against oxidation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When delivered, the units were fitted withshroudingaround their trucks, but this did not last long.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its magazine insert has a dust cover that folds open forward to form a gripshroudingthe front of the magazines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Weather consistently aided the offensive byshroudingships in protective mist, while sweeping land targets clear.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Later units have the fans grouped together, and theirshroudingextended atop the roof.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The engine came with a special head that had less valveshrouding, and clearance cut for higher lift cams.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shroudingof this type is also beneficial to navigation in ice fields since it protects the propeller tips to some extent.
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- shoved
- shove-down-throat
- shove it
- shove-it
- shovel
- shovel-into-mouth
- shovelled
- shovelling
- shovel-ready
- shovel-ready
- shovel something into your mouth
- shovel sth into your mouth
- shovel-sth-into-your-mouth
- shovelware
- shove off!
- shove-off
- shove sb around
- shove-sb-around
- shove someone around
- shove something down someone’s throat
- shove/stick something up your ass!
- shove/stick sth up your ass!
- shove-stick-sth-up-your-ass
- shove-stick-up-ass
- shoving