shrouded

  • 1Shrouded — Shroud ed, a. Provided with a shroud or shrouds. [1913 Webster] {Shrouded gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2shrouded — index blind (concealed), clandestine, covert, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impalpable, inconspicuous …

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  • 3shrouded — adj. shrouded in (shrouded in mystery) * * * shrouded in (shrouded in mystery) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 4Shrouded — Shroud Shroud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrouded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrouding}.] [Cf. AS. scr?dan. See {Shroud}, n.] 1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave. [1913 Webster] The ancient Egyptian… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Shrouded gear — Shrouded Shroud ed, a. Provided with a shroud or shrouds. [1913 Webster] {Shrouded gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6shrouded in mystery — index esoteric, inexplicable, problematic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7Shrouded tidal turbine — An emerging tidal stream technology is the shrouded tidal turbine enclosed in a Venturi shaped shroud or duct producing a sub atmosphere of low pressure behind the turbine, allowing the turbine to operate at higher efficiency (than the Betz limit …

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  • 8shrouded — adjective a) Wearing, or provided with a shroud. b) Concealed or hidden from sight, as if by a shroud …

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  • 9shrouded — Synonyms and related words: armored, buried, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, concealed, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped, filmed, floored, guarded, hidden,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 10shrouded — adj. concealed, covered, obscured; wrapped in cerements, wrapped in a burial cloth ʃraÊŠd n. burial cloth, sheet used to wrap a body for burial, cerement; covering, something that covers like a shroud; one of the ropes supporting a ship s mast v …

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