Veil in English dictionary

  • veil

    Meanings and definitions of "Veil"

    • 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 diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.
    • A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
    • The calyptra of mosses.
    • A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
    • A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil.
    • Same as velum, 4.
    • (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
    • To don, or garb with, a veil.
    • To conceal as with a veil.
    • noun
      Something hung up, or spread out, to hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.
    • noun
      A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
    • noun
      The calyptra of mosses.
    • noun
      A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
    • noun
      A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over a baby's head); a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
    • noun
      (zoology)
      velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
    • noun
      (mycology)
      A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
    • verb
      To put on, or decorate with, a veil.
    • verb
      To conceal as with a veil.
    • A head covering.
    • veil (mystery)
    • something to hide an object
    • covering for a person or thing
    • don with a veil
    • conceal with a veil
    • noun
      a garment that covers the head and face
    • noun
      a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
    • noun
      a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
    • noun
      the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
    • noun
      The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
    • verb
      make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
    • verb
      to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

    Synonyms of "Veil" in English dictionary

    garment, humeral veil, obliterate are the top synonyms of "Veil" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "Veil" in English dictionary

    unveil is the antonym of "Veil" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Veil

    • veil ( third-person singular simple present veils, present participle veiling, simple past and past participle veiled)
    • veil ( plural  veils)
    • lm  liczba mnoga veils veil, veiled, veiled, veils, veiling
    • veil (plural veils)
    • veil (third-person singular simple present veils, present participle veiling, simple past and past participle veiled)
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