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veil
noun
1 a fabric covering for a woman's head or face, forming part of traditional dress in some societies.
2 a covering of fine netting for a woman's head, which may be attached to a hat or headdress, worn for decoration or ceremonially, eg by a bride.
3 the hoodlike part of a nun's habit.
4 (the veil) literary the vocation of a nun.
5 anything that covers or obscures something a veil of secrecy .
verb (veiled , veiling )
1 to cover something, or cover the face of someone, with a veil.
2 to conceal or partly conceal; to disguise or obscure something veiled his threats in pleasantries .
[13c: from French veile , from Latin velum curtain]
veiled adjective .
draw a veil over something to conceal it discreetly; to avoid mentioning it.
take the veil to become a nun.
noun
1 a fabric covering for a woman's head or face, forming part of traditional dress in some societies.
2 a covering of fine netting for a woman's head, which may be attached to a hat or headdress, worn for decoration or ceremonially, eg by a bride.
3 the hoodlike part of a nun's habit.
4 (the veil) literary the vocation of a nun.
5 anything that covers or obscures something a veil of secrecy .
verb (veiled , veiling )
1 to cover something, or cover the face of someone, with a veil.
2 to conceal or partly conceal; to disguise or obscure something veiled his threats in pleasantries .
[13c: from French veile , from Latin velum curtain]
veiled adjective .
draw a veil over something to conceal it discreetly; to avoid mentioning it.
take the veil to become a nun.
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