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veil
a piece of netting worn by women for concealment; something that covers or screens: a veil of smoke
Not to be confused with:
vale – a valley; the world, or mortal or earthly life: this vale of tears
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veil
(vāl)n.
1.
a. A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.
b. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or hair worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
c. A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.
2.
a. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
b. The life or vows of a nun: assumed the veil.
3. Any of various cloth head coverings worn by Muslim women.
4.
a. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
b. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.
5. Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.
v. veiled, veil·ing, veils
v.tr.
1. To cover with or as if with a veil: Dense fog veiled the bridge.
2. To conceal or disguise: a smile that veiled his anger.
v.intr.
To wear a veil.
[Middle English, from Old North French, from Latin vēla, pl. of vēlum, a covering.]
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veil
(veɪl)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a piece of more or less transparent material, usually attached to a hat or headdress, used to conceal or protect a woman's face and head
2. (Clothing & Fashion) part of a nun's headdress falling round the face onto the shoulders
3. something that covers, conceals, or separates; mask: a veil of reticence.
4. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the veil the life of a nun in a religious order and the obligations entailed by it
5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) take the veil to become a nun
6. (Botany) botany Also called: velum a membranous structure, esp the thin layer of cells connecting the edge of a young mushroom cap with the stipe
7. (Anatomy) anatomy another word for caul
8. (Roman Catholic Church) See humeral veil
vb
9. (tr) to cover, conceal, or separate with or as if with a veil
10. (Clothing & Fashion) (intr) to wear or put on a veil
[C13: from Norman French veile, from Latin vēla sails, pl of vēlum a covering]
ˈveiler n
ˈveilless adj
ˈveil-ˌlike adj
Veil
(French vaɪl)n
(Biography) Simone (Annie) (simɔn). born 1927, French stateswoman; president of the European Parliament (1979–82): a survivor of Nazi concentration camps
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veil
(veɪl)n.
1. a piece of opaque, transparent, or mesh material worn over the face for concealment or protection or to enhance the appearance.
2. a piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of the face, forming a part of a headdress, as of a nun or a bride.
3. something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals.
5. a membrane that covers many immature mushrooms and leaves distinctive remnants after the growing mushroom breaks it apart.
6. a caul.
v.t. 7. to cover or conceal with or as if with a veil.
v.i. 8. to don or wear a veil.
Idioms: take the veil, to become a nun.
[1175–1225; Middle English veile < Latin vēla, neuter pl. of vēlum covering]
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veil
Past participle: veiled
Gerund: veiling
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| Noun | 1. |  veil - a garment that covers the head and facechadar, chaddar, chador, chuddar - a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women face veil - a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" |
| 2. |  veil - a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushroomsplant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus universal veil - membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap partial veil - membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap | |
| 3. |  veil - the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)fetal membrane - any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus placenta - the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus | |
| 4. |  veil - a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawlvestment - gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy | |
| Verb | 1. |  veil - to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" unveil - remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies" |
| 2. | veil - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" mystify - make mysterious; "mystify the story" |
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veil
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veil
nounverb
1. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure:
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[veɪl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
veil
(veil) noun a piece of thin cloth worn over the face or head to hide, cover, or protect it. Some women wear veils for religious reasons, to prevent strangers from seeing their faces; a veil of mist over the mountains; a veil of secrecy.velo
verb to cover with a veil. velar, cubrir con un velo
veiled adjective2. (only slightly) disguised. a veiled threat.velado, encubierto
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veil
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veil
n. velo.
1. membrana o cubierta fina que cubre una parte del cuerpo;
2. parte de la membrana amniótica que cubre la cara del feto;
3. alteración ligera de la voz.
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