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Veil

/veɪl/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Veil"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

  3. 3

    The calyptra of mosses.

  4. 4

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

verb
  1. 1

    To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.

  2. 2

    To conceal as with a veil.

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

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