ALL meanings of veil
veil
V v - noun veil wedding garment 1
- noun veil Middle Eastern garment 1
- noun veil sth that covers/conceals 1
- transitive verb veil cover with veil 1
- transitive verb veil conceal 1
- noun veil part of nun's headdress 1
- noun veil a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance. 1
- noun 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 the headdress of a nun. 1
- noun veil the life of a nun, especially a cloistered life. 1
- noun veil something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals: a veil of smoke; the veil of death. 1
- noun veil a mask, disguise, or pretense: to find fault under a veil of humor. 1
- noun veil Botany, Anatomy, Zoology. a velum. 1
- noun veil Mycology. a membrane that covers the immature mushroom of many fungi and breaks apart as the mushroom expands, leaving distinctive remnants on the cap, stalk, or stalk base. 1
- noun veil Scot. and North England. a caul. 1
- verb with object veil to cover or conceal with or as with a veil: She veiled her face in black. A heavy fog veiled the shoreline. 1
- verb with object veil to hide the real nature of; mask; disguise: to veil one's intentions. 1
- verb without object veil to don or wear a veil: In certain Islamic countries women must veil. 1
- idioms veil take the veil, to become a nun. 1
- countable noun veil A veil is a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face. 0
- countable noun veil You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil. 0
- countable noun veil You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil. 0
- noun veil a piece of more or less transparent material, usually attached to a hat or headdress, used to conceal or protect a woman's face and head 0
- noun veil part of a nun's headdress falling round the face onto the shoulders 0
- noun veil something that covers, conceals, or separates; mask 0
- noun veil a membranous structure, esp the thin layer of cells connecting the edge of a young mushroom cap with the stipe 0
- verb veil to cover, conceal, or separate with or as if with a veil 0
- verb veil to wear or put on a veil 0
- noun veil Simone (Annie) (simɔn). born 1927, French stateswoman; president of the European Parliament (1979–82): a survivor of Nazi concentration camps 0
- noun veil a piece of light fabric, as of net or gauze, worn, esp. by women, over the face or head or draped from a hat to conceal, protect, or enhance the face 0
- noun veil any piece of cloth used as a concealing or separating screen or curtain 0
- noun veil anything like a veil in that it covers or conceals 0
- noun veil a part of a nun's headdress, draped along the sides of the face and over the shoulders 0
- noun veil the state or life of a nun 0
- noun veil humeral veil 0
- noun veil caul 0
- abbreviation VEIL velum 0
- verb transitive veil to cover with or as with a veil 0
- verb transitive veil to conceal, hide, disguise, screen, obscure, etc. 0