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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
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
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- 3
The calyptra of mosses.
- 4
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
verb
- 1
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- 2
To conceal as with a veil.
"The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly."
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