Associations to the word «Veil»
Noun
- Mist
- Haze
- Cloud
- Countenance
- Robe
- Fog
- Darkness
- Garment
- Curtain
- Face
- Smoke
- Cloth
- Beauty
- Dust
- Lace
- Bonnet
- Bride
- Turban
- Wreath
- Veronica
- Scarf
- Shawl
- Secrecy
- Modesty
- Shroud
- Veil
- Lid
- Drapery
- Simone
- Pierce
- Concealment
- Gown
- Tabernacle
- Isis
- Mystery
- Holy
- Brim
- Whiteness
- Nun
- Sky
- Dress
- Wear
- Mantle
- Cloak
- Harem
- Fold
- Ignorance
- Girdle
- Hat
- Covering
- Radiance
- Wearing
- Vapour
- Hooper
- Glove
- Attire
- Obscurity
- Maya
Adjective
Wiktionary
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
Dictionary definition
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".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.