Associations to the word «Veil»

VEIL, noun. Something hung up, or spread out, to hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.

VEIL, noun. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

VEIL, noun. The calyptra of mosses.

VEIL, noun. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.

VEIL, noun. A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over a baby's head); a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.

VEIL, noun. (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)

VEIL, noun. (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

VEIL, verb. To don, or garb with, a veil.

VEIL, verb. To conceal as with a veil.

VEIL DANCE, noun. Alternative form of dance of the seven veils

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.

VEIL, verb. To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces".

VEIL, verb. Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat".