Definitions for veil

Overview of noun veil

The noun veil has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) head covering, veil

(a garment that covers the head and face)

2. veil, velum

(a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms)

3. caul, veil, embryonic membrane

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

4. humeral veil, veil

(a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl)

Overview of verb veil

The verb veil has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (5) veil

(to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces")

2. obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide

(make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat")