Veil — synonyms, veil antonyms, definition

1. veil (Noun)

caul charade cloak cloud concealment cover cover-up defense dissembling embryonic membrane gauze guard haze head covering humeral veil kerchief mask pageant partition pretense • • •

veil (Noun) — A garment that covers the head and face.

veil (Noun) — A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms.

veil (Noun) — The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth).

veil (Noun) — A vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl.

fetal membrane garment plant part plant structure vestment chadar chaddar chador chuddar face veil partial veil universal veil yashmac yashmak placenta

2. veil (Verb)

adorn blanch blot out camouflage cloak clothe cloud conceal cover cover up deceive decorate defend dim disguise don drape dress enclose evade • • • unveil

veil (Verb) — To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil. ex. "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

veil (Verb) — Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. ex. "a veiled threat"

alter change conceal hide modify mystify