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veil
(v/eI/l )

noun (n)

  • a garment that covers the head and face(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    head covering
    source: wordnet30
  • a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms(noun.plant)
    Synonym:
    velum
    source: wordnet30
  • the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)(noun.body)
    Synonym:
    caul, embryonic membrane
    source: wordnet30
  • a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    humeral veil
    source: wordnet30
  • Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Women in Afghanistan veil their faces.
    Antonym:
    unveil
    source: wordnet30
  • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing(verb.change)
    Example:
    A veiled threat.
    Synonym:
    blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure
    source: wordnet30
  • To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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