Sekirov Dictionary

veil

/veɪl/

noun 10
verb 2
forms 5
phrases 1

noun10

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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.
- The veil of the temple was rent in twain. — 1611
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
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(figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- Above the smoky veil over the town rose Akerhus fort, with its towers standing out in sharp relief against the mirror of the fjord, beyond where the Noes point loomed as a black shadow. — 1886
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A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. — 1597
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(figurative) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
- "I have heard most furious bigots talking through the veil." "So have I, for that matter," said Malone, "and in this very room." — 1925
The calyptra of mosses.
velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
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A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- The genus Amanita has both a volva and a veil; the spores are white, and the stem is easily separable from the cap. — 1903
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.

verb2

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To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- Bedouin women veil their faces more strictly than city dwellers but enjoy greater freedom of dress and movement. — 1987
•
To conceal as with a veil.
- The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.

forms

veiled · veiling · veileth · veils · veilest

Phrases with veil

take the veil
To retire into a convent and live as a nun.

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