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veil

/ veil /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
"women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
Opposites:
unveil
Type of:
hide conceal
Derived:
humeral veil head covering
Entails:
cover
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 2
a garment that covers the head and face
Type of:
garment
Kinds of:
chador chadar chaddar chuddar face veil
noun Sense 3
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
Type of:
vestment
noun Sense 4
the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
Type of:
fetal membrane
Has parts:
placenta
verb Sense 5
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
"a hidden message"
"a veiled threat"
Type of:
change alter modify
Derived:
concealment concealing hiding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
73%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
21
Times Searched
3
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hide conceal unveil garment chador chadar chaddar chuddar face veil vestment fetal membrane change