Princeton's WordNet

1. head covering, veil(noun)

   a garment that covers the head and face

2. veil, velum(noun)

   a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

3. caul, veil, embryonic membrane(noun)

   the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

4. humeral veil, veil(verb)

   a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

5. veil(verb)

   to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

   "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

6. obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide(verb)

   make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

   "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. veil(noun)ɪl

   a transparent piece of clothing worn over a woman's head and face

   to wear a veil; a wedding veil

Wiktionary

1. veil(Noun)

   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 diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.

2. veil(Noun)

   A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

3. veil(Noun)

   The calyptra of mosses.

4. veil(Noun)

   A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.

5. veil(Noun)

   A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil.

6. veil(Noun)

   Same as velum, 4.

7. veil(Noun)

   A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

8. veil(Verb)

   To don, or garb with, a veil.

9. veil(Verb)

   To conceal as with a veil.

   The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.

Origin: From Old Northern French veile, from vela, nominative plural of velum.

Webster Dictionary

1. Veil(noun)

   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. Veil(noun)

   a cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense

3. Veil(noun)

   the calyptra of mosses

4. Veil(noun)

   a membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum

5. Veil(noun)

   a covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil

6. Veil(noun)

   same as Velum, 3

7. Veil(noun)

   to throw a veil over; to cover with a veil

8. Veil(noun)

   fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal

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