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Definition: Meaning of, veil in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / veɪl /

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veil veils
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  1. a thin piece of material that women wear to cover their faces at formal occasions or for religious reasons
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  2. the veil the system in Islamic countries in which women must cover their hair and faces in public
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  3. draw a veil over something formal to avoid talking about something that happened in the past because it is unpleasant or embarrassing
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  4. veil of secrecy/deceit/silence etc formal something that hides the truth about a situation
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  5. veil of mist/cloud/smoke etc a thin layer of mist, cloud etc that makes it difficult to see clearly
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  6. take the veil old-fashioned to become a NUN
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
veil veiled veiled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
veiling veils
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  1. be veiled in mystery/secrecy etc formal if something is veiled in mystery etc, people do not know the truth about it so it seems strange or mysterious
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  2. to cover something with a veil
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  3. literary to partly hide something so that it cannot be seen clearly
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veil used in phrases

  • face veil (noun)
    1. a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face
  • humeral veil (noun)
    1. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
  • partial veil (noun)
    1. membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
  • take the veil (verb)
    1. become a nun
  • universal veil (noun)
    1. membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap
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