veil

Plural: veils

Noun

• a garment that covers the head and face
• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
• the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
• a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
• Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
• Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
• A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
• A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
• The calyptra of mosses.
• velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
• A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
• A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
• An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
• That which separates the living and the spirit world.

Verb

Verb Forms: veiled, veiling, veils

• To cover or conceal with a veil or something similar.
• to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
  • "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  • "a veiled threat"
• To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
• To conceal as with a veil.

Examples

• a nun's veil
• a paten veil
• an altar veil
• She tried to veil her disappointment when her opponent played an unexpected bingo.
• The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.

Synonyms

blot out, caul, embryonic membrane, head covering, hide, humeral veil, obliterate, obscure, velum

Antonyms

unveil

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