veil

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. (figuratively) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
3. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
4. A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
5. The calyptra of mosses.
6. velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
7. A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
8. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
9. An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
10. (figuratively) That which separates the living and the spirit world.

Verb

1. (transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
2. (transitive) To conceal as with a veil.

Synonyms

cover

curtain

hide

screen

conceal

shroud

mask

😷

disguise

headscarf

cloak

obscure

covering

head covering

mantle

enshroud

caul

velum

obliterate

yashmak

dodge

blanket

shawl

cover up

cap

humeral veil

abaya

blot out

embryonic membrane

camouflage

envelop

bathe

drape

shade

dissemble

dike

bury

diaphragm

defray

case

incase

defend

carpet

bridal veil

head

coverlet

guise

grow over

kerchief

fog

🌫️

flood

Translations

voile

velo

Schleier

sluier

velo

voiler

véu

peçe

vel

nikap

veletta

omsluieren

verschleiern

sluieren

velar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/veɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: veil

In summary

From Middle English veil, veyl, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French veil (“sail, veil, shroud”) (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin vēlum (“cloth, covering”). Displaced Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”) (compare German Schleier). Doublet of velum and voile.

Sentences

She wears upon her head a mural crown and veil .