veil

Definitions of veil in various dictionaries:

noun - a garment that covers the head and face

noun - a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

noun - the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

noun - a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church

verb - to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

verb - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.

A length of netting attached to a woman’s hat or headdress, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.

The part of a nun’s headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.

The life or vows of a nun.

A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.

Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.

A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.

To cover with or as if with a veil: Dense fog veiled the bridge.

To conceal or disguise.

verb - to provide with a veil (a piece of sheer fabric worn over the face)

VEIL - A veil is an article of clothing or hanging cloth that is intended to cover some part of the head or face, or an object of some significance. Veiling...