- 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
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