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Meaning of 'veil' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Veil [ n.]
- 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.
- 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 nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
- Same as Velum, 3.
- To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
- Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.

Meaning of 'veil' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . veil [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Example in sentence:
  • a hidden message;
  • a veiled threat
Meaning (2):
- to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
Example in sentence:
  • women in Afghanistan veil their faces

Nearby Words:

veiled veiling veilless vein veinal veined veining veinless veinlet veinous

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