1. (n.)veil a piece of opaque, transparent, or mesh material worn over the face for concealment or protection or to enhance the appearance.
2. veil 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. veil something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals.
4. veil a membrane that covers many immature mushrooms and leaves distinctive remnants after the growingmushroom breaks it apart.
5. veil a caul.
6. (v.t.)veil to cover or conceal with or as if with a veil.
1. (noun)head covering, veil a garment that covers the head and face
2. (noun)veil, velum a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
3. (noun)caul, veil, embryonic membrane the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
4. (verb)humeral veil, veil a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
5. (verb)veil to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
6. (verb)obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
1. (noun)veil a transparent piece of clothing worn over a woman's head and face to wear a veil; a wedding veil
Definition of 'veil'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)veil 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
2. (noun)veil a cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense
3. (noun)veil the calyptra of mosses
4. (noun)veil a membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum
5. (noun)veil a covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil
6. (noun)veil same as Velum, 3
7. (noun)veil to throw a veil over; to cover with a veil
8. (noun)veil fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal
Sense: 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.
Definitions of veil 
Afrikaans: sluier
Arabic: حِجاب
Bulgarian: воал
Brazilian: véu
Czech: závoj
German: der Schleier
Danish: slør
Greek: πέπλο
Spanish: velo
Estonian: loor
Farsi: روبنده
Finnish: huntu
French: voile
Hebrew: הִינוּמָה, רְעָלָה
Hindi: घूंघट
Croatian: veo
Hungarian: fátyol
Indonesian: cadar
Icelandic: (andlits)blæja
Italian: velo
Japanese: ベール
Korean: 베일, (특히 여자의) 면사포, 덮개, 씌우개
Lithuanian: vualis,šydas, skraistė
Latvian: plīvurs; šķidrauts; aizse
Malay: vel; tudung; purdah; selu
Dutch: sluier
Norwegian: slør
Polish: woal(ka), kwef, zasłona
Persian: روبنده
Pashto: پرده ( حجاب )، پلو، مخ پټ
Portuguese: véu
Romanian: văl, voal
Russian: вуаль;пелена; покров
Slovak: závoj
Slovenian: tančica
Serbian: veo
Swedish: slöja, flor
Thai: ผ้าคลุมหน้า หรือศีรษะ
Turkish: peçe, tül, duvak
Taiwanese: 面紗
Ukrainian: покривало; вуаль
Urdu: پردہ، نقاب
Vietnamese: mạng che mặt; khăn trùm đ
Chinese: 面纱
