English to English
veil
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noun (n)
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms(noun.plant)source: wordnet30
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)(noun.body)source: wordnet30
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil(verb.contact)Example:
Women in Afghanistan veil their faces.
source: wordnet30 - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing(verb.change)Example:
A veiled threat.
source: wordnet30 - To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.(verb)source: webster1913