veil
Nouns
- (n) a garment that covers the head and face head covering,
- (n) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms velum,
- (n) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) embryonic membrane, caul,
- (n) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl humeral veil,
Verbs
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(v) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
- women in Afghanistan veil their faces
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(v) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- a hidden message
- a veiled threat