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noun
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
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noun
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
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noun
The calyptra of mosses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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noun
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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noun
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
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noun
That which separates the living and the spirit world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience
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verb
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To conceal as with a veil.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a garment that covers the head and face
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: head covering
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Broader terms: garment
Narrower terms: chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar, face veil, yashmak, yashmac
noun
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: humeral veil
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Broader terms: vestment
noun
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: caul, embryonic membrane
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Broader terms: fetal membrane
noun
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: velum
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Broader terms: plant part, plant structure
Narrower terms: universal veil, partial veil
verb
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide
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Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: mystify
verb
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: unveil
Broader terms: hide, conceal
History
From Middle English veil, veyl, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French veil (“sail, veil, shroud”) (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin vēlum (“cloth, covering”). Displaced Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”) (compare German Schleier). Doublet of velum and voile.
Across languages
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