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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024veil /veɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga piece of opaque, transparent, or mesh material worn over the face to hide or protect, to enhance the appearance, or to be part of an outfit or costume:the bride's veil.
- something that covers, hides, screens, or conceals:a veil of secrecy.
Idioms- Idioms take the veil, to become a nun.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024veil (vāl),USA pronunciation n. - Clothinga piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Clothinga piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of the face, forming a part of the headdress of a nun.
- the life of a nun, esp. a cloistered life.
- something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals:a veil of smoke; the veil of death.
- a mask, disguise, or pretense:to find fault under a veil of humor.
- Anatomy, Botany, Zoology[Bot., Anat., Zool.]a velum.
- Fungi[Mycol.]a membrane that covers the immature mushroom of many fungi and breaks apart as the mushroom expands, leaving distinctive remnants on the cap, stalk, or stalk base.
- [Scot. and North Eng.]a caul.
- take the veil, to become a nun.
v.t. - to cover or conceal with or as with a veil:She veiled her face in black. A heavy fog veiled the shoreline.
- to hide the real nature of;
mask;
disguise:to veil one's intentions.
v.i. - to don or wear a veil:In certain Islamic countries women must veil.
- Anglo-French veiler, derivative of veile
- Latin vēla, neuter plural (taken in Vulgar Latin as feminine singular) of vēlum covering; (verb, verbal) Middle English veilen
- Anglo-French
- (noun, nominal) Middle English veile 1175–1225
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