veil

Definition of Veil in English :

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Noun

1. head covering, veil

a garment that covers the head and face

head covering

2. veil, velum

a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

velum

3. caul, embryonic membrane, veil

the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

4. humeral veil, veil

a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

humeral veil

Verb

5. veil

to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

Example Sentences:
'women in Afghanistan veil their faces'

6. blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

Example Sentences:
'a hidden message'
'a veiled threat'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Veil

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noun

a piece of more or less transparent material, usually attached to a hat or headdress, used to conceal or protect a woman's face and head

part of a nun's headdress falling round the face onto the shoulders

something that covers, conceals, or separates; mask

a veil of reticence

4. the veil

5. take the veil

6. Also called: velum botany

a membranous structure, esp the thin layer of cells connecting the edge of a young mushroom cap with the stipe

7. anatomy another word for caul

8. humeral veil

verb

9. (transitive)

to cover, conceal, or separate with or as if with a veil

10. (intransitive)

to wear or put on a veil

noun

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Veil

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noun

a piece of light fabric, as of net or gauze, worn, esp. by women, over the face or head or draped from a hat to conceal, protect, or enhance the face

any piece of cloth used as a concealing or separating screen or curtain

anything like a veil in that it covers or conceals

a veil of mist, a veil of silence

a part of a nun's headdress, draped along the sides of the face and over the shoulders

the state or life of a nun

chiefly in take the veil, to become a nun

humeral veil

6. Dialectal

caul

7. Biology

velum

verb transitive

to cover with or as with a veil

to conceal, hide, disguise, screen, obscure, etc.

Veil

see synonyms of veil

a. A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.

b. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or hair worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.

c. A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.

a. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.

b. The life or vows of a nun: assumed the veil.

3. Any of various cloth head coverings worn by Muslim women.

a. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.

b. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.

5. Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.

v. veiled, veil·ing, veils

v.tr.

1. To cover with or as if with a veil: Dense fog veiled the bridge.

2. To conceal or disguise: a smile that veiled his anger.

v.intr.

To wear a veil.

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