Veil
verbveɪl
Noun
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
Type of:Vestmentthe inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
Similar:Caula garment that covers the head and face
Type of:Garmenta membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Similar:Velum
Verb
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
“a veiled threat”
Type of:ChangeAlterModifyto obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
“women in Afghanistan veil their faces”
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