"veil" Definition

Definitions for the word "veil" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The calyptra of mosses.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Same as Velum, 3.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 piece of usu. Transparent fabric attached to a woman''s hat etc., esp. To conceal or protect the face. 2 piece of linen etc. As part of a nun''s headdress. 3 thing that hides or disguises (a veil of silence). v. 1 cover with a veil. 2 (esp. As veiled adj.) Partly conceal (veiled threats). beyond the veil in the unknown state of life after death. Draw a veil over avoid discussing; hush up. Take the veil become a nun. [latin velum]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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