English to English noun
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a garment that covers the head and face | | source: wordnet30
2 |
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | | source: wordnet30
3 |
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | | source: wordnet30
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a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | | source: wordnet30
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Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. | | source: webster1913 verb
6 |
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil | | Example: women in Afghanistan veil their faces
source: wordnet30
7 |
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | | Example: a hidden message a veiled threat
source: wordnet30
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To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. | | source: webster1913
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